Summary: Hapoel Haifa - Hapoel Jerusalem 3:2/Sport1
Hapoel Jerusalem's total so far this season is a disappointment.
The club expected more and really did not think that they would reach the end of the regular league when the goal is to escape from the bottom.
But in football as in football, one week with two psychic games, the Jerusalem derby and the victory yesterday (Monday) over Hapoel Haifa, and not only is the team and its fans experiencing crazy happiness, it is suddenly back in the picture also in the fight for a ticket to the top playoffs.
If in the Jerusalem derby it felt more "written" than football, yesterday Hapoel Jerusalem deserved a victory in the second half.
She came up in the second half to get back into the game and come back with at least a point.
She doesn't have the striker scorer, and that is also her problem this season, but she is always scratching with Ofek Bitton and in the last few weeks it is Matan Houzz, who turned from a slandered player in Maccabi Tel Aviv to a clutch player in Hapoel Jerusalem.
Cool.
Hozz/Berni Ardov
The composure in the penalty shootout and the winning goal are not accidental.
You had to hear Matan Hozaz speak at the end to understand the change he had undergone.
He already analyzes the game, appreciates small things he does on the field even when there is nothing, plays with the feeling that the responsibility is on him and gives a product.
He had a lot of bad moments this season, but last week Matan Khoza officially started his career, far beyond the exiles.
And yes, the move of the winning goal was simply spectacular.
Capita grabbed the ball on the way to the burst, and when everyone is sure that he is making a mistake and kicking out, he puts a ball in to Cedric Don, who gives a perfect heel to Hozaz who runs 70 meters and gives a winning streak.
We talk about Roni Levy's mistakes and the players he took out in the early stages, but even before they left Hapoel Jerusalem came back and went up in the second half to get back into the game with all their strength, that's what brought this amazing moment at the end.
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Premier League 2023/24
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Maccabi Haifa
21
15
4
2
15-47
48
2
Maccabi Tel Aviv
21
14
5
2
18-41
46
3
Hapoel Beer Sheva
21
13
3
5
16-42
42
4
Hapoel Haifa
21
12
4
5
25-32
40
5
Maccabi Bnei Reina
21
7
7
7
23-24
28
6
Bnei Sakhnin
21
5
11
5
27-21
25
7
Maccabi Petah Tikva
21
7
4
10
38-25
25
8
Maccabi Netanya
21
7
3
11
31-24
24
9
Beitar Jerusalem
21
7
5
9
30-30
22
10
Hapoel Tel Aviv
21
6
5
10
34-29
22
11
Hapoel Jerusalem
21
6
4
11
29-22
22
12
tax.
Ashdod
21
5
5
11
32-18
20
13
Hapoel Hadera
21
5
3
13
35-14
18
14
Hapoel Petah Tikva
21
3
7
11
31-15
16
At the end of the game, players in the team said "We deserve this for all the bad things we've been through this year, most of the games we were better and we went down without points, finally it balances out".
In the next two rounds, the team will meet MS Ashdod and Hadra, suddenly escaping from the bottom is mixed with ambitions for the top playoffs, a victory over Ashdod in general will increase this.
It doesn't matter where Hapoel Jerusalem will end the season as long as they stay in the league, they will take the last week for many years, in the life path of a club there are moments and weeks that cannot be forgotten.
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