Nir Klinger opened with 9 home players and suffered defeat • Liran Sardal (37), Jacob Sylvester (80) and Ophir Mizrahi (93) occupied for the guest

• Hapoel Haifa players celebrate, tonight in Bloomfield

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  Alan Shaver

Hapoel Tel Aviv's young revolution may pay off for the club in the future, but in the top playoffs the Reds have learned that such a massive combination of young players and no experience has a heavy price. 

The younger Tom Meir got a debut in the lineup, but Hapoel's defense was so intrusive, and so Sardel managed to easily get in between all the Red's defense players and score Hapoel Haifa's first and on the way to injury muscle. 

Sardal Conqueror, tonight in Bloomfield // Photo: Alan Shiber 

In the second half, Nir Klinger's team got better and also got in some good situations, but in the end, Haim Silves's trainees had more experience and he was the one to decide. Substitute Jacob Sylvester, probably in his last game on the team, got off the bench and scored the second in favor of Haifa, completing a double victory over the Reds in the top playoffs and Yoav Katz earned a few more shekels for the club's box office.

Hapoel Haifa players celebrate, tonight in Bloomfield // Photo: Alan Shiber 

Desperate Altman, in Bloomfield tonight // Photo: Alan Shiber