The Handball Winner League is back in action tonight (Monday), with the 12th and penultimate round games in the first round. After almost a month and a half without games, the coming week (in which the 13th round will also be held on Friday) is expected to decide on the division of teams into the upper house and the lower house. As mentioned, four wonderful meetings were played tonight (others were postponed due to verification for Corona in the Maccabi Tel Aviv, Ness Ziona and Ashdod teams).
AS Ramat Hasharon recorded its 12th victory and finished the first round in first place with a perfect balance – 25:36 in Kiryat Ono (which lost a chance to qualify for the top house). Urbani Rehovot, on the other hand, was close to achieving its first victory, after already leading by 6 goals against Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin, but it recorded a loss 11 – 31:30 – and it is still without points. In addition, MK Holon recorded an impressive victory over Hapoel Rishon Lezion 23:25, which increased its chances of qualifying for the top house. In addition, Maccabi Rishon LeZion achieved a 30:32 victory in Dimona, in a game that was advanced from the 13th round.
Hapoel Kiryat Ono – AS Ramat Hasharon 36:25 (20:10). The leader from Ramat Hasharon recorded her last game in the first round, and signed it with another victory – her 12th – and in a perfect and impressive balance. Who volunteered for combat service) – was not a real opponent, and paved her way to the lower house. Ramat Hasharon provided a purposeful display in the first half, on both sides of the field, and mainly thanks to the great game management of center Eden Ginji (who scored 5 goals and delivered 10 Assists in total). Milan Pavlovic (8 goals from 9 shots) signed it with a pair of goals and a double-digit advantage – 10:20 – two minutes before the break. The second half was equal, allowing both teams to share most of the staff. In Kiryat Ono can be noted Tariq Ksumovich who scored 8 goals.
Maccabi Dimona – Maccabi Rishon LeZion 32:30 (15:12). The two were supposed to meet Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ness Ziona (respectively), but after the games were postponed – the meeting between them was brought forward from the 13th round. Maccabi Rishon LeZion was stopped in the previous round in Ramat Hasharon, after 6 consecutive victories, and today returned to the winning track Dimona, on the other hand, is recording its eighth loss of the season, but tonight it was seen as a team that will not give up easily in the battle for survival. Rishon LeZion started excellently and led by 7 goals during the first half (Niv Fishlovitz, Itai Shlama and Tzach Malul stood out in its ranks), but Dimona reduced the deficit to 3 goals with the break to the break. Dimona managed to stick in the second half thanks to good ability of Yotam Tal ( 5 goals – like Yuval Katz), and her foreigners (including the Montenegrin Igor Radojevic who made his debut and scored 3). Roy Salomon added 4. Yirmi Sidi led the Rishon LeZion scorers with 10 goals (5 of them on penalties). Malul lambed 4. Niv Fishlovitz provided 14 stops at 31%.
Urban Rehovot – Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin 31:30 (12:17). Rehovot, the table closes, so wanted to get a win and debut points this season – after 10 consecutive losses, already in the debut game of coach Gil Segal on the lines. The changes made in the streets (joined by center Matan Goltz, goalkeeper Lior Kaplan and Ukrainian midfielder Sergei Sulima) made their mark in the first half where they led by 6 goals (9:15), with great minutes from Sabo Master, Shalev Aharoni, Stefan Shponzitz and Sulima. The story in the second half was completely different. Motzkin, in the debut game of Nella Matic, the veteran and esteemed Serbian coach who returned to the club, provided a huge comeback: Patrick Ubina, who moved after more than 11 seasons from MK Holon to the north, excelled along with Alex Bosic and Amit Cmarinski. Ofek Turgeman equalized at 25:25 (48 ‘). Chamrinsky in an excellent move raised to a first advantage 25:26. Ubina and Bosic had already raised to 27:30, but Rehovot was not broken. A master with a pair of goals (out of 10 in total), and Aharoni in his sixth goal set 30:30. Oz Yitzhak and Naor Shposhnikov provided stops, and the one who finally decided was Bosic (8 conquests) with a winning goal 55 seconds to go. Gates 21 in Motzkin. The leading occupiers in the streets were masters.
MK Holon – Hapoel Rishon LeZion 23:25 (11:12). Holon returned knowing that this was a critical week for her, in the struggle for a place in the upper house (when she is hosted in Herzliya on Friday, and next Monday she will hold the completion game in Dimona). She brought back Nigerian midfielder Philippe Kahlo and the players of the youth team who returned from the project in Portugal – Or Maman, Or Levy and Alon Shulman, and today she looked completely different and achieved a great victory that elevates her to 6th place. On the other hand, Hapoel Rishon LeZion suffered its second loss (compared to 9 wins). The game was mostly equal, and Aviran Yosef set a 11:12 advantage for the locals at the break. Aviad Ben Ziman rose in the final minutes and scored 5 goals in a row (and if you want 6, if you count one between them Of Or Maman). This is in addition to Ziv Kadan’s excellent ability at the Holon goal. Stefan Ilyich was Hapoel’s most prominent scorer with 6 goals.
On Friday, 5 games are planned for the 13th round: Hapoel Rishon LeZion – Urbani Rehovot, Hapoel Ashdod – Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin – MK Beer Sheva, Bnei Herzliya – MK Holon, etc. Ness Ziona – Hapoel Kiryat Ono. The rematch between Maccabi Dimona and MK Holon is scheduled for February 15 (next Monday) – a date when the postponed game between MK Beer Sheva and Hapoel Ashdod is planned.
