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The eighth round of the State Cup finals continues tonight (Thursday) with a pair of games, in the first of which Ironi Kiryat Shmona hosts Hapoel Nir Ramat Hasharon in Netanya and in the second Bnei Yehuda meets Hapoel Petah Tikva in Bloomfield, the only Premier League representative playing tonight.
Before the game, Bnei Yehuda held a ceremony in memory of Oz Ezra Moshe, the team's fan who was murdered at the nature party in Ra'im on October 7.
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Bnei Yehuda - Hapoel Petah Tikva 0:0 (1st half)
The top league leader comes to Bloomfield hoping to win for the first time in the Bnei Lam era and qualify for the quarterfinals for the second year in a row.
The Oranges are in second place in the national league and are fighting for a return to the Premier League, but have recently been faltering with away losses after home victories and have not forgotten the 6:0 defeat in the last meeting about nine months ago, so the Malavas celebrated a rise.
Hapoel Petah Tikva has not won away from home this season in the league, and Bnei Yehuda has not beaten as a guest since the 1:2 draw in the Premier League in November 2002. In the State Cup, they last met in the eighth round a decade ago and then the Blues won 1:2 at home.
Raz Karmi continued between the posts for Lem in the absence of the injured Omer Katz, with captain Ram Levy and striker Shovel Gozlan also absent.
Veterans Idan Vared, Avi Rikan and Iti Shechter are on the bench, Denis Adaniran is in the lineup for the first time.
Bnei Yehuda has four trophies in its coffin, including two in 2017 and 2019, and it wants to return to the tradition of reaching the deciding stages, after being in the quarterfinals two years ago, while last season it was already eliminated in the seventh round.
"We are coming to a factory that is very important to the club, we have a history in this factory," said defender Stav Israeli.
"We don't have the privilege of giving up any game. I hope as many people as possible will come, I know how important this facility is to the fans."
Eliran Atar again started on the bench, with Omer Peretz left to rest many of the players in the lineup.
This is how it looks after the last meeting with Bnei Yehuda.
Hapoel Petah Tikva at the Aliyah celebrations/Dani Maron
Ironi Kiryat Shmona - Hapoel Nir Ramat Hasharon 1:1 (2nd half)
The national leader looks to be on the safe way to return to the Premier League within a season, with the dramatic victory in the 96th minute over Ihud Bnei Shafaram giving them an eight-point advantage over third place.
It lost to Ramat Hasharon 2:1 at the beginning of the season (also there following a goal in extra time) and hopes that this will not happen in the cup as well, where it has not been in the quarterfinals since 2017/18.
Peter Onyikachi started the team he came from in January, when Richard Kola Ambombo returned to the Ramat Hasharon attack and next to him was Avraham Reda who scored a hat trick in a 3:1 win over Hapoel Ramat Gan on Monday.
The guest hopes to return to the quarter-finals after a decade.
1 minute: Goal!
Kola Ambombo turned on the 16-yard line and kicked to the corner, Tzur only touched and surrendered.
A quick and surprising 0:1 for Ramat Hasharon.
3rd minute: Goal!
What an opening for the game in Netanya.
Zikri responded with a rocket from the air from 18 meters and equalized 1:1 for Kiryat Shmona.
8th minute: Niv Livnat swung his right leg from the edge of the box, hit the ball with his fingertips to the crossbar, the ball splashed to his back and from there near the crossbar.
How close to the second of Ramat Hasharon.
Minute 9: A wonderful double-pass between Shawn Adri and Kola Ambombo, who from five meters kicked into Tzur's body.
what a pace
Minute 13: Kora of Kiryat Shmona.
The young Yair Mordechai spun to the right from the 16th line and hit the post, after which Onyikachi hit the hands of Ido Sharon.
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Maccabi Netanya - Hapoel Jerusalem (19:00)
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