Amit Karko and Hadar Akrish
Assaf Hershko with the ball (Shahar Gross)
The eighth stage of the State Cup final opens at this time with two games on the purity of the National League taking place in parallel. Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam hosts Hapoel Ramat Gan and Hapoel Kfar Shalem meets Hapoel Jerusalem – 4 teams, only 2 will continue to compete in the quarterfinals for the Cinderella title of the factory for 2021.
Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam – Hapoel Ramat Gan 1: 2
Amir Nussbaum’s team came to the meeting in the midst of a little less good momentum in the league, after not winning in the last three rounds and moving a little away from second place in the table. Despite this, she aspires to continue her journey after providing the surprise of the previous round when she ousted Kiryat Shmona from the Premier League with an impressive 0: 2. The guest, one of the best cup teams in Israel in the current millennium, is 7 points behind its rival in the league, but she knows that the cup is a completely different story, and after beating Bnei Lod 1: 4 in the eighth round, she really does not want to stop in the last 16. In the last league meeting between the two less than two weeks ago, the teams provided great drama with 3: 3 after Sharag led 1: 3.
Minute 5, Hapoel Ramat Gan went up to 0: 1: Israel Zaguri fell on the left side of the extension, doubt failed but the referee bought it and marked the penalty spot. Miko Maman went for the kick and put the Ordons to the lead.
29 minutes, Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam equalized to 1: 1: Guy Mizrahi swung a leg from 16 meters, kicked hard and accurate for connections and managed to subdue Bumstein.
30 minutes, Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam went up to 1: 2: The makeover was completed in a minute. Yaniv Mizrahi received an excellent depth ball between the Jordanian defense players and kicked close to the corner and the net.
Hapoel Kfar Shalem – Hapoel Jerusalem 0: 0
If it was a league meeting it would have been defined as a classic endgame, but as we have already clarified, for a trophy of its own. The leader of the national league is on her way back to the senior league after quite a few years, but at the same time she will also be happy to continue running in the cup, after beating Hapoel Rishon Lezion 0: 1 in the eighth round. On the other hand, the team that is fighting for its place in the sub-league, is trying to produce a surprise, unlike in the two league meetings this season between the teams, which ended in 0: 2 in favor of the group from the capital.
