Hapoel Tel Aviv managed tonight (Saturday) to register their first victory of the season over one of the six best teams in Israel when they defeated Bnei Sakhnin 1: 2.
Guy Melamed put the team from the sector in the lead, but Yoav Tomer and Shlomi Azulai, the contact, signed the turnaround, which was completed just before the final whistle in the 95th minute.
Kobi Refuah, the coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv, said after the game: "We were better the whole game.
In the first half we got into not bad situations to score a goal or two, but we made a mistake that every week we repeat and absorbed.
In the second half we put in all the offensive tools, played regular football, moved to 4-4-2 with a back contact that is generally a front contact.
It is a justified victory. "
On Shlomi Azulai, who scored the winning goal, he said: "We have been waiting for Shlomi for a long time. He is an excellent player and everyone knows that, but sometimes players have bad times, of injuries and that they are not fit. He deserves it and I am happy for him."
Azoulay celebrates with friends at the end, Photo: Alan Shiver
Azoulay himself was very happy and said: "Glad I helped the team with a goal and cooking. We made a good game from the start, we got to more situations, we got a goal we should not have got and chased after them. There is no sweeter than that, aiming for fourth place. "I did not connect, but in recent weeks I have done good training and I feel good. The result came today, do I deserve more minutes? Ask the coach."
There were quite a few clashes in the stands of Gate 5 due to the fact that a number of fans waved Israeli flags, which is not usually common in the host stands.
Hapoel Tel Aviv fans, today in Bloomfield, Photo: Alan Shiver
Sakhnin coach Haim Sylves summed up the game from his side: "It hurts, it was an open game. Both teams got into situations. Hapoel was better. A cruel loss, but they won rightly. We had a game not good enough. In a 0-1 situation we could have done "0: 2 and finish the game, but unfortunately we were on a less good day and we lost rightly. We did not come to play against a team from another league. Hapoel Tel Aviv is a good team with its own desires. It is a struggle, it is a way, the league is interesting and I am happy that everyone is involved .
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