HAPOEL HAIFA - Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1:0 (0:0). ------------------------------------------- Hosts: Shai Holtzman (53 pen). | Awwat 6; OFFER TALKER 7, Ben-Shimon 5.5, A. Halfon 5.5, Grayib 6.5; Zeituni | 6, Rosso 6, Ulyanov 6, Milenko 5 (Ben-Margi, 72), Basis 6 (Ami Azulai, 77); | Holtzman 5 (Aziz, 72). ******** Guests: -. | Elimelekh 6; S. Cohen 6 (Udi, 81), Gershon 5, M. Ohayon 5 (F. Halfon, 63), | Israel Cohen 5.5, Ben-Ami 5; Rupenik 5.5 (Tuama, 62), Tikwa 5.5, Tezetski | 4.5; Simerotic 5, Tubi 6. ******** REFEREE: Haim Lipkovich (8). AUDIENCE: 7,000, Kiryat-Eliezer Stadium, Haifa. ********
In quite a mediocre game, Hapoel Haifa still managed to beat Hapoel Tel-Aviv at home with the latter's last year inevitable weapon - a small 1:0. The saves of Shavit Elimelekh and the misses of Holtzman and Rosso were compensated by another foul inside the box on Liron Basis (the 3rd this season!). Giovanni Rosso made an educational gesture and gave the right of shot to Shai Holtzman, and Haifa hopes the converted penalty will give the forward a so much needed self-confidence. A man to have enough self-confidence is definitely Dudu Awwat, with 4 games in Haifa's net and no goals conceded.
BEITAR JERUSALEM - Hapoel Jerusalem 3:1 (1:1). ------------------------------------------------ Hosts: Istvan Salloi (28, 79 pen), Tamas Sandor (57). | Korenfein 5.5; S. Levi 5 (Bakhar, 46 - 6), Shelakh 6, Domb 6, R. Deri 6; | Talesnikov 6.5 (Reichman, 90), Abuksis 6.5, Hamar 6, ISTVAN SALLOI 7; O. | Shitrit 5.5 (Eli Ohana, 72), T. Sandor 6.5. ******** Guests: Shlomi Danino (38). | Strauber 5.5; S. Amar 5 (Menakhem, 75), S. Mihei 5, T. Azulai 5, S. Danino | 5.5; Shnorman 6 (E. Avrahami, 60 - RED, 81), Gili Levi 6 (Aharon, 60 - 5), | Gola 5, Costelnik 5.5, Mogieri 5.5 (RED, 80); Pacha 5.5. ******** REFEREE: Haim Yaacov (9). AUDIENCE: 13,000, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem. ********
In a great game of both sides, those were the keepers' brilliant saves, 4 goals, a penalty, 9 yellow and 2 red cards. It was a night of Istvan Salloi most of all - the forward who paid a $10,000 fine for criticising the coach Dror Kashtan and missed the home game vs Glasgow Rangers, showed fully his hunger for the ball. Hapoel Jerusalem, despite losing its 2 key players and the game, showed itself as one of the most attractive teams in the whole National League.
Maccabee Ironi Ashdod - MACCABEE PETAKH-TIKWA 2:7 (0:2).
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Hosts: Amir Turgeman (47, 87 pen).
| Devadze 4.5; Martsiano 3.5, Masouli 4, Y. Malka 3.5 (RED, 68), Spire 3.5;
| Almoshnino 4, Y. Offir 4, Naveda 4.5 (Tobol, 88), Balog 4.5 (Dego, 76), A.
| Sharabi 4.5 (Galili, 46 - 4.5); Turgeman 6.
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Guests: Guy Itzhak (29), Rajid Bransi (43, 61), Ismail Amar (60),
Idan Tal (64), Tsakhi Shemariyahu (75), Erez Bialla (88).
| O. Cohen 6; I. Amar 6.5, Ben-Yosef 6, Magamedov 6.5 (Bialla, 78), Partieli
| 6; Lusek 6, IDAN TAL 7.5, G. Itzhak 7 (Malihi, 72), Shabo 6 (S. Tsofin,
| 56 - 6); Bransi 7.5, Shemariyahu 6.5.
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REFEREE: Eitan Tavrizi (8).
AUDIENCE: 2,500, Yud-Alef Stadium, Ashdod.
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Judging by now, though, the most attractive team is surely Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa, with 14 goals scored in 4 games! Yesterday came the turn of Maccabee Ironi Ashdod, quite unimpressive in itself, to be devastated at home. The goals were beautiful as well - a volley shot from inside the box of Guy Itzhak, a great solo penetration of Rajid Bransi with 3 defenders left behind, a sharp shot of Ismail Amar from 16 meters, and the same performance by Idan Tal who became "The Player Of The Week". In Ashdod, only Amir Turgeman was somehow his usual self (and he's "The Best Scorer" by now), with Alberto Naveda and Naor Galili showing the occasional sparkles; the team of Nir Levin will need much-much more to stay in the League with no problems.
HAPOEL PETAKH-TIKWA - Maccabee Herzliya 2:0 (2:0). ---------------------------------------------------- Hosts: Ilie Stan (24), Gabor Marton (26). | Hess 6; Maya 6, Kolosevic 5, Kozoshvili 6, I. Boaron 5; Stan 6.5, Badir 7, | Marton 6 (Shamir, 75), Attar 6 (Abrabanel, 67), MANOR HASSAN 7; Kakun 5 | (Angelkovic, 86). ******** Guests: -. | Gilardi 6; S. Asraf 4 (Arbel, 56 - 5), Y. Koretski 5.5, Barmecher 5.5, | Entebbi 4; Gat 4.5, Ivanov 5, A. Levi injured (E. Messika, 18 - 4.5), | Naduda 4.5, L. Asulin 4 (Filipchuk, 46 - 4); Simhon 4.5. ******** REFEREE: David Barak (7). AUDIENCE: 4,500, Ironi Stadium, Petakh-Tikwa. ********
A cool free kick of Ilie Stan and a charming solo penetration of Gabor Marton weren't the whole story of the game - Walid Badir and Manor Hassan were very close to enlarging the margin, and there were also several decent saves by the veteran Shuli Gilardi. Reuven Attar seems finally to start regaining his form of France winner in 1993, and in the Israeli League it means much. Herzliya looked very dull, without the injured Vladimir Niederhaus and Oren Dantziger, as well as in quite a bad day of Vassili Ivanov and Oleg Naduda.
Hapoel Beit-Shean - Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 1:1 (0:1). ------------------------------------------------------- Hosts: Yaniv Biton (68). | M. Cohen 6.5; A. Danan 6, Taib 5.5, Elkaslassi 6, Ganon 5; Hader 5, M. | Ben-Hemo 4.5 (Y. Biton, 46 - 6), SHIMON DANAN 6.5, Roi Sagi injured | (Sandrussi, 18 - 5.5), Vincent 5.5; Culakovic 5. ******** Guests: Nedzad Zaric (32). | Zhidkov 5; Fleeter 6, Fur 5, Sokher 5.5, B. Hadad 5; Shlomi Dahan 5 (RED, | 74), Zaric 6, Buzaglo 5 (A. Irmiyahu, 66), D. Kabeda 6 (Dvir, 89); Flash 6, | Siasiah 5.5 (Postacci, 87). On the 19th minute Beni Hadad missed a penalty kick - Meir Cohen saved. ******** REFEREE: Assaf Keinan (6). AUDIENCE: 2,000, Ironi Stadium, Beit-Shean. ********
Finally at home (and not in Nahariya), and finally with most of its key players passing the budget control (except for Gala Pancheladze), Beit-Shean has a chance to look decently, though the road is still very long. Yesterday, those were the 2 different halves - before the break, the guests scored, missed a penalty kick and pressed all the time; however, after the break, it was the opposite. Nedzad Zaric shot an unstoppable cannon bomb from 22 meters, after the preparation of Samson Siasiah, and so opened the score; 13 minutes before that, Meir Cohen stopped a penalty of Beni Hadad called for the dive of David Kabeda inside the box. An equalizer of Beit-Shean was its opening goal this season, and it was a true masterpiece - the young Yaniv Biton, trying to run away from his defender, 35 meters from the net of Holon at the left wing and with his back to it, suddenly saw Alexander Zhidkov out of his net, turned around and arched a clever ball past the flying keeper! After a red card shown to Shlomi Dahan, Beit-Shean tried to score a winner, but in vain.
HAPOEL KEFAR-SABA - Hapoel Rishon le-Zion 5:2 (3:2).
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Hosts: Yaniv Avvargeal (37), Adrian Ungur (40, 43), Niv Tal (56),
Ehud Kahila (78).
| Strauss 5; Shem-Tov 5, Catalyn 6, Kahila 6.5 (Meirovich, 87), I. Koren 6;
| Ben-Haim 6, Anchavadze 6.5, Masterovic 6 (Shum, 46 - 5.5), Ellad (NIV TAL,
| 32 - 7.5); Ungur 7, Avvargeal 6.5.
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Guests: Udi Kabudi (6, 21).
| Y. Mizrahi 5; G. Deri 4, Y. Amar 5.5, Sebeg 5.5, Albert 5; Pitusi 4.5, T.
| Eliyahu 5.5, Agassi 5 (R. Ohana, 55 - 5), Capeta 5.5; Kabudi 6, Rafi Cohen
| 4.5 (E. Cohen, 62).
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REFEREE: Arik Haimovich (8).
AUDIENCE: 2,500, Ironi Stadium, Kefar-Saba.
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The team of Elisha Levi definitely knows how to score, but after scoring it loses the calmness and enables the rivals to endanger its points - starting with Beitar Jerusalem's injury time equalizer and going on with Maccabee Tel-Aviv's two reducers, yesterday it turned out to be disastrous. An unusual shot of Udi Kabudi from 25 meters (6) and his back volley 15 minutes later just incurred the wrath of Kefar-Saba, led by its wonderful substitute Niv Tal. Unlike previously, now it wasn't the day of Yaniv Mizrahi as well.
BNEI-YEHUDA TEL-AVIV - Maccabee Yaffa 6:1 (2:0). -------------------------------------------------- Hosts: Yossi Alpiya (37), Cobi Refua (45, 90), Yossi Madar (55, 67, 89). | Smadja 5.5; Y. Alpiya 6.5 (E. Alpiya, 87), Fletcher 6, Siton 5.5, Y. | Abuksis 6, Y. Avihail 6; Smama 6 (R. Asraf, 80), Y. Gordana 6 (S. Abuksis, | 85), Barkolin 6.5, YOSSI MADAR 7.5; Refua 6.5. ******** Guests: Nidal Mahamid (57). | Zoidze 4; Almakeis 4, Mahamid 5.5, Dalaui 4, G. Nakhman 4; Stolper 4, | Biankovski 4.5 (M. Sason, 69), N. Cohen 5 (Kokhavi, 51 - 4), A. Zohar 5; A. | Mihei (RED, 25), Offri 4 (U. Ohayon, 33 - 4). ******** REFEREE: Amit Klein (8). AUDIENCE: 2,000, Shkhunat-ha'Tikwa Stadium, Tel-Aviv. ********
An incredible in its beauty shot of Nidal Mahamid, who managed to beat Bnei-Yehuda's dormant keeper Shaul Smadja with an arched free kick from 45 meters, became Maccabee Yaffa's opening goal this season. Basically, it was the first and the last positive point about this team's game. Again, it was an early red card shown to its defender, and from that point on Irakliy Zoidze became once again the most miserable man on the pitch, though not to blame for most of the goals. Nobody in Bnei-Yehuda remembers the last time the team scored 6 goals, but yesterday Yossi Madar and Cobi Refua could feel the kings. And even Yossi Abuksis of Bnei-Yehuda could feel for 90 minutes like Yossi Abuksis of Beitar, the National team player.
THE WEEK'S TEAM:
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Meir Cohen
(Hapoel Beit-Shean)
Offer Talker Morad Magamedov Ehud Kahila Najouan Grayib
(Hapoel Haifa) (Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa) (Hapoel Kefar-Saba) (Hapoel Haifa)
Niv Tal Idan Tal Yossi Madar Istvan Salloi
(Hapoel Kefar-Saba) (M. Petakh-Tikwa) (Bnei-Yehuda T.-A.) (Beitar Jerusalem)
Rajid Bransi Adrian Ungur
(Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa) (Hapoel Kefar-Saba)
Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa, Hapoel Kefar-Saba - 3.
Hapoel Haifa - 2.
Hapoel Kefar-Saba, Hapoel Rishon le-Zion, Hapoel Beit-Shean - 1.
PLACE TEAM G W T L Goals Points
1 (1) Hapoel Haifa 04 3 1 0 6- 0 10
2 (2) Beitar Jerusalem 04 3 1 0 11- 6 10
3 (5) Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa 04 3 0 1 14- 5 9
4 (6) Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa 04 3 0 1 7- 3 9
5 (3-4) Hapoel Tsafririm Holon 04 2 1 1 8- 3 7
6 (11) Hapoel Kefar-Saba 04 2 1 1 8- 6 7
7 (3-4) Hapoel Jerusalem 04 2 0 2 8- 5 6
8 (7) Maccabee Herzliya 04 2 0 2 4- 5 6
9 (8) Hapoel Tel-Aviv 04 2 0 2 2- 3 6
10 (9-10) Maccabee Haifa 03* 1 1 1 6- 4 4
11 (14) Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv 04 1 1 2 7- 6 4
12 (9-10) Maccabee Ironi Ashdod 04 1 1 2 8-11 4
13 (12) Hapoel Rishon le-Zion 04 1 1 2 7-13 4
14 (13) Maccabee Tel-Aviv 03* 0 1 2 5- 9 1
15 (16) Hapoel Beit-Shean 04 0 1 3 1-11 1
16 (15) Maccabee Yaffa 04 0 0 4 1-13 0
* - missing game, will be played on 26/09/1998
IN BRACKETS - the places of the teams after the last week.
BEST PLAYER: Idan Tal, midfielder, Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa.
TOP SCORERS: Amir Turgeman (Maccabee Ironi Ashdod) 6(3) 2(1)
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Rajid Bransi (Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa) 5(2) 2(0)
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Offer Shitrit (Beitar Jerusalem) 4(0)
Moti Kakun (Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa) 4(0)
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Yossi Madar (Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv) 3(0) 3(0)
Adrian Ungur (Hapoel Kefar-Saba) 3(0) 2(0)
Udi Kabudi (Hapoel Rishon le-Zion) 3(0) 2(0)
Guy Itzhak (Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa) 3(0) 1(0)
NOTE - the penalties scored are put in brackets. The last
column means the number of goals scored this week.
THE NEXT ROUND (in a fortnight):
| Hosts | Guests |
| Hapoel Tsafririm Holon (5) | Hapoel Haifa (1) |
| Hapoel Tel-Aviv (9) | Beitar Jerusalem (2) |
| Maccabee Petakh-Tikwa (3) | Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv (11) |
| Maccabee Yaffa (16) | Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa (4) |
| Maccabee Haifa (10) | Hapoel Kefar-Saba (6) |
| Hapoel Jerusalem (7) | Maccabee Tel-Aviv (14) |
| Maccabee Herzliya (8) | Hapoel Beit-Shean (15) |
| Hapoel Rishon le-Zion (13) | Maccabee Ironi Ashdod (12) |
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