Toto Cup: The Southerners exploded on Bnei Yehuda thanks to a rare performance by the striker within 36 minutes • Maccabi Petah Tikva defeated Netanya 0: 1 • Hadera and Kafas parted ways in 1: 1
Ezekiel. Wonderful game
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Oded Karni
Apart from the game between Betar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv, three more games were played tonight (Tuesday) in the 2nd round of the Toto Cup.
Bnei Yehuda - MS Ashdod 5: 1
Familiar with the fact that great players tell how suddenly everything sticks to them in one game? That they are as if alone in the world, there is silence and they are all concentrated in the game? So this is exactly what happened to Sagiv Ezekiel against Bnei Yehuda.
Only that the MS Ashdod striker was really alone, the audience did not have silence then either. But the truth is that winning a quartet in one game (5-1) and more in 36 minutes is really unconventional, even if it is the Toto Cup and the team in front of you does not really exist. Elisha Levy's team managed to lead from a quick goal by Omri Ben Shimon (4). But in the second half Ezekiel entered his own "zone".
Three goals in 23 minutes, Shlomi Azulai and another by Ezekiel completed a defeat. The latter Ezekiel bounced over Niron and smiled as if he no longer felt comfortable. He should not feel uncomfortable. The Toto Cup is of interest to the teams in the country, much like a game against an amateur group at a training camp in Poland.
This season this factory is really just a preparation for the real thing, but all this really does not matter to Ran Ben Shimon's Ashdod. Elisha Levy and Bnei Yehuda actually care, very much. Because that way you can't lose in a training game either.
Maccabi Petah Tikva players celebrate tonight against Netanya // Photo: Berni Ardov
Maccabi Netanya - Maccabi Petah Tikva 1: 0
Even before they officially promised a return to the Premier League, Maccabi Petah Tikva knew that what they would not do during the short break - they have a proper basis to open the season in the Premier League.
In the first round of the Toto Cup, Guy Luzon's team came out with a point against Hapoel Hadera and tonight they met Maccabi Netanya - which on paper is considered a better team than them. It ended in a pretty big yawn and a lone goal by Orr Inbrom (63), who proved to the Luzons that they have something to sell even against teams that have seemingly widened their quality gap in recent years.
Flakushchenko conquers the first goal in Hadera // Photo: Alan Shiber
Hapoel Kfar Saba - Hapoel Hadera 1: 1
Hapoel Kfar Saba suffered a hat-trick in the first round of the Toto from Maccabi Netanya and its coach, Amir Turgeman, knew that his first task would be to restore confidence in his defense. Without goalkeeper Itamar Israeli and with substitute Matan Zalmanovich the task was more difficult, 1: 1 against Hapoel Hadera.
In the tenth minute, KPS, Sudik Atanda, arranged a penalty for Hadera after he touched a hand, which Maxim Flakushchenko used for his debut goal for the team. 12 minutes later, KPS equalized from a goal by Sagi Dror, who is with a foot and a half out of the team but maybe The technique he demonstrated on the way to the gate will help him stay in the KPS.