Nussbaum's team embarrassed the Northerners with 0: 2 from goals by Mizrahi in Pendel (64) and Chen (90) on the way to the quarterfinals of the cup • Betar Jerusalem defeated Hapoel Acre 0: 2
Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam players celebrate, tonight
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No one expected this surprise
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Kiryat Shmona was eliminated from the state cup tonight (Sunday), already in the eighth round of the factory, after a surprising loss to Betar Tel Aviv Bat Yam from the national league.
Amir Nussbaum's team was better than Kobi Refuah's.
KS, who did arrive with a slightly missing staff, was close to equalizing twice and sending the game into overtime, but this game was a surprise, and in overtime Eyal Chen scored the second to the credit of the host, who rightly received the ticket to the next stage.
Until Jordan woke up.
Slobodan Drapic did not need a scouting report to understand who Hapoel Acre was.
4 of Acre's last 5 games ended in a 0-0 draw.
8 times this season this team has finished goalless games, 14 draws in total.
It was enough to hang this data in the locker room to make it clear to Betar players that the last thing they need after recovering from Corona (most of them) is 120 minutes in an away game in Acre.
Acre looked 0-0 in the eyes against Beitar as well, but as soon as they turned their heads for a moment, Jordan Shua punished them, twice.
Pendel in the 44th minute and another goal one minute later closed the story.
The national league does not have the quality that Shua has, and to be honest, it also has the current Betar In staff (with all due respect to the performance of Mateosinio).
That was the only difference between Acre and Betar, but it was enough to give the team from the capital the ticket to the next stage of the State Cup.
There is still a difference.
Hapoel Kfar Shalem has proven that even if you are ranked last in the national league, you are probably still better than the first ranked in the first division.
Yuval Naim and AS Ashdod came to Ramat Hasharon to allow Kfar Shalem to concentrate on surviving in the league, but got into a big day for the team that last won three months and two months ago.
Yair Shpongin scored early in the first (5), Elior Cider doubled before the half (40) and Iyad Haj took the air to Ashdod 15 seconds after the start of the second half.
The veteran Oz Rally shrank (79), but that was not enough for Ashdod.