The Reds were close to recording a second consecutive victory after Ofek Bitton took the lead (61), but absorbed in extra time from Abdullah Halihal (94)
The Reds lost two accounting points
Photography:
Alan Shiver
Halihal determines the distribution of points
Photography:
Alan Shiver
Nir Klinger has already seen Hapoel Tel Aviv finally rise above the red line after almost three months of his team dragging the entire league on its back.
But deep in overtime Kiryat Shmona scored a dramatic equalizer and made the Reds coach grab his head and not believe what happened in front of his eyes.
A team that is fighting for its life as Hapoel Tel Aviv should not try to play good football but scrape points with its teeth even if it means that the ability will be poor, and that is exactly what the Reds did against Kiryat Shmona for 94 minutes.
They fought, scored a great goal from the feet of the young Ofek Bitton, and between a few misses of KS they could also have increased the result but did not and were punished.
Just like against Hapoel Haifa, Nir Klinger's team also failed to maintain its advantage and this is a symptom of a team relegated. Abdullah Halihal scored in the 94th minute and got Kash the point she deserved.
