The Greens learned a lesson from Tel Aviv's impeachment and succeeded in overcoming Umm al-Fahm 0: 1 • The striker came in as a substitute and made the decision after two minutes

• Firecrack, Shu'a and Plakushchenko celebrate, tonight in Afula

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In a wonderful but modest atmosphere, in front of 3000 spectators, Hapoel Om El-Fahm honored Maccabi Haifa President Yaakov Shahar and awarded him a badge of appreciation for his contribution to Israeli sports. You see, when Maccabi Haifa's name came from the lottery swamp, Umm al-Fahm Abu Shlomo's chairman understood what Haifa's municipal authorities had to understand a decade ago.

From there, dawn rose to a chair on the center line and Abu Shlomo did everything he could to make him comfortable. Through Hapoel Umm al-Fahm and football, this humble team is trying to shine a different spotlight on the culture, the people as well as the local football. The 2000 Reds who came to Afula and tens of thousands who watched the home have a place in the Premier League. And to Abu Shlomo and his group.

Masika struggles in Falcushchenko, tonight in Afula // Photo: Oded Karni

At the end of the day we got together for a football game and here Om El Fahm came to look at Marco's bricks of confusion in the white of the eyes. Football is the only place where on a given day Umm al-Fahm and Haifa can be equal. This is exactly where the team from the Triangle felt in the clouds in front of Tel Aviv, perhaps the most proud club in Israeli football.

The National Cup knows how to create stories that sometimes seem to be taken from the imagination. This is where NIS 5 million of the reds and 80 million of the greens look exactly the same. Seeing Neta Lavi, Arad Afri, and Shalev Dolev fight in the closing minutes, literally spitting blood, to go out with a scorched 1-0 on the way to the next level is the honor card for Umm al-Fahm on this evening. Let's talk Dugree: This game was worth the extension, at least.

Lavi, tonight in Afula // Photo: Oded Karni

Whoever decided the game is a story in itself. Jordan Shua came up from Marco's bench in confusion in the 53rd minute. This is the first time in months that he has gone into significant minutes. In a 0-0 state with confusion at the head of the thought that he might be the next head on Reef's belt, Shuka turned from the man at the edge of the bench to that which gives him confidence and hope to make a change. Three minutes on the field was enough for a striker to return.

This touch is worth the confusion in the quarterfinals. Is it also worth a new page on the field for the young striker? only time will tell. Abu Alam, one of the owners of Umm al-Fahm, took comfort in the honor roll that "Jordan Shua has justly won us over. He is worth NIS 6 million, we are only five million including everything." The Cup won't remember how the Greens went through a phase. The bottom line is that the group from Carmel in the double image in mid-January, exactly the time they were exiled in recent years to remove the swimwear from the closet.

Floating bush, tonight in Afula // Photo: Oded Karni