Who will lift the trophy?
The state handball cup final will be held tomorrow (Monday, 20:00) at Heichal Shlomo in Tel Aviv, between AS Ramat Hasharon, which qualified for it for the first time in its history, and the cup holder, Hapoel Ashdod, which won it last season with a victory in the closing seconds against Maccabi Rishon. " צ.
This is a final in which the last time the two primaries did not qualify was in the year of the millennium (2000), in the final in which Raanana and Rehovot played.
Assaf Levy - then a Rehovot player - and now the coach of Ramat Hasharon - had to look at him from the side after he was injured right in front of him.
On the other hand, Andrea Wakeiewicz, who was a partner in Ashdod's historic win last season, will lead Ashdod this time as head coach and will try to complete a "back to back" for Ashdod.
According to the teams' rankings at the end of the regular season, in which Ramat Hasharon finished first and Ashdod second, the two teams may also meet in the playoff finals.
Andrea Wakeiewicz (right) and Assaf Levy, Photo: Eli Ben-Gozi
Ashdod coach, Wakeiewicz: "A cup final is one big happening, one of the biggest games in the life of every player and coach. I am happy that we have the right to be a part of this game. Ramat Hasharon is an amazing team with excellent players, and I hope we rise. "You have to have fun, and not be stressed. This is the big show, and I'm sure that with the push of our audience - we will give the maximum we can."
"The excitement is great, there is alertness and the pressure will come as we get closer to the game," shares Ramat Hasharon Levy coach.
"We are making all the tactical preparations to come and surprise. Ashdod has made tremendous progress in recent years - they won a historic championship title, this is their third consecutive Cup final - and they lifted it last season. There is experience and players with abilities, but we come to do the Our job is to take a bachelor's degree for Ramat Hasharon. "
Two of the four games played between the teams this season ended on the edge of a goal, and in those that did not - Ramat Hasharon won 22:31 and Ashdod 31:35. This final can be accompanied by another kind of history - with Tomislav Stojkovic and Ram Turknitz In the State Cup - can do it with a third team in Israel (the Serbian goalkeeper waved a trophy with Hapoel Rishon LeZion in 2012, and Turknitz did the same with Maccabi Rishon LeZion).
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