The 13th round of the handball Premier League was held today (Friday), and three games were played in it. Bnei Herzliya is the fifth team to secure its place in the top house after an impressive 34:41 victory over MK Holon, which will continue to fight for the last ticket to the top six against AC Nes Ziona (Holon has 11 points from 11 games, and Nes Ziona 10 points from -10 games).
Hapoel Rishon LeZion sealed the first round (in second place) with a 26:36 victory over Urbani Rehovot, closing the table that recorded the 12th loss from 12 games – 0 points. MK Beer Sheva achieved an impressive victory in the bottom meeting in Kiryat Motzkin , 29:38, and the two (8 points each) exchanged places in the ranking 10-9.
On Monday, there will be two complementary games from the 12th round: MK Beer Sheva will host Hapoel Ashdod, and Maccabi Tel Aviv will host Maccabi Dimona. On Thursday, there will be two more games – between Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Tel Aviv from the 13th round, and between Maccabi Dimona to MK Holon from the 9th round. The date of the last meeting in the first round between Ness Ziona and Kiryat Ono is the 22nd of the month.
Bnei Herzliya – MK Holon 34:41
The Herzliya closed a surprising and excellent first round for them, in 5th place with 15 points, and they secured the ascent to the upper house. Holon has not yet secured a place in the top six, and its battle for the last ticket will continue against Ness Ziona next week. Herzliya was better in most minutes of the game, much thanks to the good ability of goalkeeper Sagi Bonis (12 stops, including stopping two penalties in the first half), Daniel Tzarfati and Vladice Stoyanovic (8 goals each), who mentioned in his ability his great days from recent years , And Ben Liberty who is at record capacity and added 10 goals.
Herzliya had already opened up a 4-goal lead towards the end of the first half, but Holon closed it down to a lag in the second half, where Herzliya put up a gear, and also the result on ending a great game for them – leading them and rightly to the top house. Gal Schneider contributed 5 goals, Dusan Andreevich 4, Nemanja Goodwick 3, Assaf Ohayon 2 and Barak Carmon a goal. In Holon: Lidor Peso and Aviad Ben Ziman scored 10 goals each, Milos Savic added 6, Amit Rainsberg 4, Yuval Yamner, Philip Kahlo, Aviran Yosef and Mirza Haslich with 21 goals each. Slich also added 14 stops at 28 percent, and Ziv Kadan contributed two more.
Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin – MK Beer Sheva 38:29
BS achieved its third victory this season, raising its balance to 8 points and also swapping places with Motzkin (who also has 8 points) in 10-9 places. Motzkin stops after two consecutive victories. BS looked great throughout the game, a lot Thanks to the good ability of goalkeeper Omar Simon, ex Motzkin. Ilya Seldic and Georgia Golovovic were the most prominent BS players in the offensive section (together they scored 17 goals, in an almost equal division), while the young Ofek Hayun (18) on loan from Hapoel Ashdod scored 5 goals.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion – Urbani Rehovot 26:36
The host achieved its tenth victory (compared to two losses), and it finished the first round in second place. Rehovot, on the other hand, is in last place, recording its 12th loss, in its worst season in the senior league, with no points so far, and with fewer and fewer chances for it to survive in the league. Hapoel wrote the pace and took a promising lead throughout most of the game, except for a return of Rehovot in the 43rd minute to a lag of 3 goals. Delibor Sukic and Stefan Ilyich led Hapoel’s scorers with 9 and 6 goals, and towards the end, 16-year-old Uri Pelach made his debut in the red uniform, scoring two goals.