BEITAR JERUSALEM (A, 3) - Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv (A, 13)  4:2 (2:0).
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Hosts:    OG (Ronen Feigenbaum, 7), Offer Shitrit (20), Tamas Sandor (57),
          Ilan Bakhar (85).
  Goal passes:  Ilan Bakhar (57), Offer Shitrit (85).
| Korenfein 5; ILAN BAKHAR 7, Tretyak 5.5, Domb 5.5, Shelakh 5.5, R. Deri
| 5.5; Abuksis 6.5, Hamar 6.5, T. Sandor 6.5; Sevilla 6 (Yaacobi, 73),
| Shitrit 7.
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Guests:   Hezi Shirazi (56, 75).
  Goal passes:  Yossi Madar (56), Naor Galili (75).
| Smadja 5; O. Levi 5.5, Siton 4.5, Feigenbaum 5 (Galili, 72), Schwegger 4.5;
| Fibernik 4.5, Liberman 4 (S. Mizrahi, 25 - 6), Mararo 5.5, Madar 6; Shirazi
| 7, Refua 6.
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REFEREE:  Haim Yaacov (8).
AUDIENCE: 25,000, National Stadium, Ramat-Gan.
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Beitar Jerusalem took the opportunity to win the Cup seriously, and already after 20 minutes it had a lead of 2 goals over the stubborn and unpredictive Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv - first, it was an own goal from a header of Ronen Feigenbaum, and then Offer Shitrit was stopped by Smadja, but the forward's determination resulted in a successful rebound. Bnei-Yehuda's defence was catastrophic, and every time the wonderful Hezi Shirazi managed to reduce the score, the gap was immediately returning to be what it was before. The best goal was the last, when Offer Shitrit passed all the defence and released a clever ball to Ilan Bakhar who bombed it under Smadja's bar. While Rami Levi returns to the League struggles at the bottom, Dror Kashtan takes his team into a well-deserved Cup final - and the picanterie comes with the rival, whom Kashtan will coach the next year. A loss with his current team will mean an European place for his new team, and will he stand the seduction?.. All of us will get the answer in 2 weeks.

HAPOEL TEL-AVIV (A, 5) - Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa (A, 6)  2:0 (1:0).
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Hosts:    Moti Ohayon (16), Salim Tuama (55).
  Goal passes:  Idan Tal (16), Sebastian Simerotic (55).
| Elimelekh 6; F. Halfon 5, Gershon 6.5, Ohayon 6, Kahila 6, Hillel 5; DAVOR
| RUPENIK 7, Tikwa 5 (Tuama, 46 - 7), Idan Tal 6 (R. Nakhman, 90), Marton 5
| (Simerotic, 28 - 6); Tubi 6.
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Guests:   -.
  Goal passes:  -.
| Hess 5; Maya 4 (Makoveyev, 46 - 4.5), Kolosevic 3, Ihiel 4 (R. Amar, 46)
| (RED, 63), Boaron 5; Badir 4.5, Kozoshvili 4.5, Zandberg 5.5, Abrabanel 4.5
| (Hassan, 80), Attar 5.5; Kakun 5.
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REFEREE:  Meir Levi (7).
AUDIENCE: 28,000, National Stadium, Ramat-Gan.
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In its most important game this season, Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa failed to present any decent rivalry to Hapoel Tel-Aviv and lost with one goal conceded in each half, all of those scored after the redundant mistakes of Viadin Kolosevic. The referee Meir Levi, allowing the goal of Moti Ohayon despite the obvious and aggressive foul of the scorer on his defender, closed the account 12 minutes later, forgiving Ilan Boaron for elbowing Gabor Marton without a ball. For Hapoel Tel-Aviv, the Cup final will be utterly important, and especially for some of its players - Idan Tal may see it as another proof for his European skill deserving to be seen in Europe, and as for Shalom Tikwa, it can be the first and the last award in his long and otherwise marvellous career.

                         THE 11 OF THE ROUND
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                           Shavit Elimelekh
                           (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)

   Ilan Bakhar       Shimon Gershon       Moti Ohayon        Raanan Deri
(Beitar Jerusalem)  (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)  (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)  (Beitar Jerusalem)

  Davor Rupenik       Tamas Sandor        Istvan Hamar        Salim Tuama
(Hapoel Tel-Aviv)  (Beitar Jerusalem)  (Beitar Jerusalem)  (Hapoel Tel-Aviv)

                       Hezi Shirazi           Offer Shitrit
                  (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv)    (Beitar Jerusalem)


5: Beitar Jerusalem             (League A)
5: Hapoel Tel-Aviv              (League A)
1: Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv         (League A)


THE BEST OF THE ROUND:  Davor Rupenik, midfielder, Hapoel Tel-Aviv.


THE BEST CUP SCORERS:
        Lior Asulin       (Maccabee Herzliya)            5(0)
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        Yaniv Avvargeal   (Hapoel Kefar-Saba)            4(2)
        Offer Shitrit     (Beitar Jerusalem)             4(1)  1(0)
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        Ilan Bakhar       (Beitar Jerusalem)             3(0)  1(0)
        Nir Sevilla       (Beitar Jerusalem)             3(0)
        Ronen Harazi      (Maccabee Haifa)               3(0)
        Rafi Cohen        (Hapoel Rishon le-Zion)        3(0)

The last digits - goals scored in this round.
In brackets - the penalties scored.


PASSING INTO THE NEXT ROUND:
        Beitar Jerusalem         (A,  3)
        Hapoel Tel-Aviv          (A,  5)

* - the teams that had also participated in the final a year ago
    (which means, this year the stars are completely new).

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