Lottery for Round 8 of the "State-Winner Cup"/photo: Niv Aharonson, video editing: Nir Chen
The Premier League has not been played on Fridays for years, but the State Cup has its own rules and today (Friday, 14:00) three teams from the top league are hosting rivals from the national team as part of Round 8: MS.
Ashdod finally plays with an audience against the national leader Ironi Tiberias, Maccabi Netanya meets M.S.
Kfar Kasem and Bnei Sakhnin hosts Hapoel Nir Ramat Hasharon in a pool in Doha.
The meeting between MS
The Kfar Kana youth from League A for Kiryat Shmona started half an hour late (1:30 p.m.) because of the stormy weather and the pitch conditions.
A bite is already in the opening.
MS players
Kfar Kasem celebrating/Barney Ardov
Maccabi Netanya - M.S.
Kfar Kasem 1:1 (1st half)
The loss in the final last season was Maccabi Netanya's third in the last decade and it is still waiting to lift the trophy again, 46 years after the historic win.
Guy Sarfati, who won the cup as a Maccabi Tel Aviv player in 2001, hopes that his team will know how to avoid a surprise and will not let the 4:0 defeat in Haifa mar the progress during his time (five wins in seven games).
Nasim Ouamo and Naftali Blai returned to his squad after suspensions, while those who are missing are the injured Eitan Azoulai and Bassem Zarora, and Itamar Shibiru who mourned the death of his father.
Ouamo is back to 11 and Ahmed Salman is also in at the expense of Oz Bilo.
Kfar Kasem got back Omri Amer and Liran Regan who is waiting on the bench, but Guy Dahan is suspended for another game following the court's decision in his case.
Fadi Zeidan and Asil Kanani in attack.
The coach exchange guest also did well: she earned 14 league points out of 21 with Adham Hadiya and beat Bnei Yehuda, among others.
By the way, Kfar Kasem advanced to the quarter-finals in 2019 after knocking out a team from the Premier League (Ironi Kiryat Shmona) and a year later won another one (Hapoel Kfar Saba) in the 8th round.
Maccabi Netanya lost for the last time as a Premier League team to the national rival in January 2015, when Maccabi Ahi Nazareth beat them 1:3.
A year later, during the liquidation season, it was eliminated in the eighth round by the Ness Ziona Section, which was then in the First League.
7th minute: Goal!
Pressure from the visiting team led to a interception of the ball and Fadi Zidane made it to Asil Kanani who kicked in on the right between the brakes.
0:1 surprising for M.S.
Kfar Kasem
26th minute: Goal!
Ahmed Salman's cross was blocked by the defense, but only until Gai Mizrahi fired from a diagonal angle on the right side into the net.
Maccabi Netanya tied at 1:1.
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Ashdod - City of Tiberias 2:0 (1st half)
On paper, this is the most equal meeting of all: the Premier League table is locked against the new leader of the National League, who counts 15 consecutive games without a loss in all formats.
Ironi Tiberias already celebrated a historic title this season (the National Toto Cup) and last season stretched Beitar Jerusalem before losing on penalties in the round of 16. Two years ago they visited Ashdod in the 7th round and won 1:2 over Adumim Ashdod thanks to a winning goal by Julio Cesar. But this time it's a higher hurdle. Franco from the Argentinian comb is missing Eliran Hodda due to five yellow cards, while captain Ben Wehba is back from suspension. Julio Cesar and Ahmed Abed are resting a bit and waiting on the bench, with assistant goalkeeper Dan Drori between the posts in his debut. Mohamed Kanaan and Ebenezer Mamata are kept to the league after injuries and were not included in the squad, with Shlomi Azoulai and Adir Levy receiving the team shirt.
23rd minute: Goal! Eli Belilita took a corner from the right, Ariel Harosh remained stuck in the goal and Gil Cohen forgot to watch over Yaakov Abba who hit the net from close range. 0:1 to the city of Tiberias.
25th minute: A goal! What an attack by the national leader. Vahib Habibullah left on his heels Larif Mesika who picked up with an elegant touch and Shanir Talias struck from five meters to make it 0:2 for Tiberias.
27th minute: Habiballah could have scored the third in a burst, but the rush Headed his powerful kick to the corner.
Urban Tiberias continues to impress/Danny Maron
Bnei Sakhnin - Hapoel Nir Ramat Hasharon 0:1 (1st half)
In December 2019, the two met in the 8th round of the cup, then Moti Malka saved Bnei Sakhnin with 2:2 in extra time and then completed a hat-trick in overtime and booked her a ticket to the round of 16.
Then they played together in Laomit, while now a league separates them, with Sakhnin having trouble conquering and winning recently, and in general they have one home win this season (1:2 over Hapoel Jerusalem in mid-September).
Ramat Hasharon defeated Hapoel Afula 7:0 in the 7th round of the cup, but then lost twice in the league to two promotion candidates (3:0 to Kiryat Shmona and 2:0 to Tiberias) and also lost Peter Onyikachi and Itai Ben Hamu, who signed this week In Sakhnin and already making his debut in the center of the defense against the team he played until Monday, in light of the absence of the injured Maron Gantos and the yellowed Hasan Hilo.
Basil Khoury and Matanel Tedsa are also in the lineup.
On the other hand, Dodi Thiram and Alon Ginat had a minor car accident on the way to the field, but are in the 11th.
19-year-old Tamir Stoler between the posts, with the field in very bad shape and full of puddles.
19th minute: Goal!
Dodi Thiram kicked in the box at Metnal Tedsa, the referee Sapir Berman pointed to the white spot and Adrian Fawn Dijk, despite the goalkeeper's touch.
0:1 to Bnei Sakhnin.
Ashdod is shocked.
Shlomi Azoulay with Timothy Avani/Danny Maron
At least the crowd is back in Ashdod/Dani Maron
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Kfar Kana youth - Kiryat Shmona city 2:1 (halftime)
Hisham Zoevi's team surprised Maccabi Herzliya from the National League in the previous round and now faces a higher hurdle, in the form of a relegation from the Premier League that lost the top of the National League following a 1:0 loss to Bnei Yehuda.
Dodi Toito was sent off in the top match and Shay Barda was missing, who placed Matan Zalmanovich between the posts, as in the previous round in the cup, and gave a chance in the 11 to the youngsters Bilal Shahin, Yair Mordechai and Mohammed Abu Rumi.
Kiryat Shmona is the only one in the two top leagues to have all of its games decided, while Kfar Kana has ended its two league games in a draw since the success in the cup and in total is on a streak of six games without a loss in both frameworks, despite the absence of Mohamed Kalibat in the last three.
Sohail Armali and captain Mohammad Abbas will try to surprise.
The opening whistle was delayed by half an hour.
14th minute: Goal!
Christ Amimi was fouled in the box and captain Aid Habashi put Kiryat Shmona up 0:1 with an accurate kick from the penalty spot.
34th minute: Goal!
Muhammad Abu Rumi advanced from the right, cut to the center and kicked a ball that hit Omar Ganaim and went in.
0:2 to Kiryat Shmona.
41st minute: Goal!
Steven Alfred tried to keep away a corner kick in the mud and just bounced it into the five-point box, Sohail Armali said thank you and squeezed in from close range to make it 2:1.
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