Mata Asher’s winning streak in the Men’s National Cup was broken today (Tuesday) after losing in the quarterfinals of the National Cup in a super dramatic game for Maccabi Tel Aviv. In the other games – Hapoel Kfar Saba defeated Hod Hasharon, Hapoel HaMa’apil Emek Hefer / Menashe defeated Hapoel Urbani Kiryat Ata while MS Eilabun defeated KK Tel Aviv, in the semifinals to be held on Monday (15.3 at the Anerbax Hall in Hadera: Hapoel Kfar Saba Will meet Eilabun while Maccabi Tel Aviv will meet Hapoel HaMa’apil.
Hapoel Mate Asher / Acre – Maccabi Tel Aviv 3: 2 (25: 21,10: 25,25: 15,15: 13, 22:25)
The classic of Israeli volleyball has promised a lot and even exists tonight in one of the best games this year. Maccabi Tel Aviv, which lost only one game this season, lost the first set to Asher, but recovered in the second set. The third set was on one side only and went down impressively easily which, but the Yellows from Tel Aviv woke up, won the fourth set. The fifth set was very close, but Gal Galili’s trainees from Maccabi Tel Aviv gave gas at the end and won in a dramatic end.
Kyle Ansing (43% on offense, and blocking) and Gandhi Sokolov (62% on offense, 6! Blocks and 2 aces) led Maccabi Targets Tel Aviv with 16 points each, followed by Yinri Bill (70% on offense, 46% on offense, Block and ace) with 15 points. The team’s acceptance percentage is 85%, and the attack percentage is 45%, they blocked 15 balls (of which 5 by Guy Genis), scored 5 aces and finished with 34! General errors in the game (16! In refusal, 2 in acceptance and 16! In attack).
Ido David (43% on offense, blocking and ace) led Hapoel “Galil” down to Acre with 18 points, followed by Alex Osokin (43% on offense, 7! Blocking). The team finished with 83% in reception and 40% on offense, blocked 10 balls, scored 2 aces and made 30! General errors in the game (10 in the refusal, 2 in the reception and 18! In the attack).
Galili Gal Maccabi coach: “A crazy game. Ups and downs and also a staff that at times played excellently. In the end we managed to return with a very high level of defense and blocking. We are celebrating tonight and tomorrow we are thinking about continuing the cup games.”
Noam Katz Mata Asher coach: “Congratulations to Maccabi on the victory. It was a game with a lot of upheavals and especially in the last game which we did not know how to close after a big advantage. Our 7-win streak stopped and we will know as athletes to also lose to a good team.
Hapoel Kfar Saba – Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon 0: 3 (18:25, 20:25, 16:25)
Hapoel Kfar Saba did the work in the home arena and defeated Hod Hasharon beautifully. The first set went to Kfar Saba relatively easily, in the second set Hod Hasharon fought and was close but Sagi Baram’s players knew how to do the job and won the set, also in the third set Kfar Saba dominated on the way to victory in the whole game.
Saba Dbesh (67% in reception, 62% in attack, 2 blocks and 2 aces), Ilya Goldrin (played as a crossover, 58% in attack) and Selva Bechkela (77% in attack, 3 blocks and ace) led Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba with 14 points each. 69% team in reception and 59% in attack, 11 blocks (5 of them Lucili Poilov), 4 aces, and finished with 14 general errors in the game (8 in refusal, 3 in reception and 3 in attack).
Kirill Goz (43% in reception, 33% in attack, 3 blocks and 3 aces) and Volodymyr Tibcon (30% in attack, and 2 blocks) led Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon with 13 and 10 points respectively. The team acceptance percentage was 66%, and the offense percentage was 38%, blocking 7 balls and scoring 3 aces, and finishing with 16 overall errors per game (7 in refusal, 4 in acceptance and 5 in attack).
Sagi Baram, coach of Hapoel Kfar Saba: “Our stable and balanced game. Four players finished in double digits. Starting to think about the preparations for the semi-finals”
Hapoel HaMa’apil Emek Hefer / Menashe – Hapoel Urbani Kiryat Ata 1: 3 (16:25, 25:23, 23:25, 17:25)
After two consecutive victories in the league, the illegal immigrant manages to defeat Kiryat Ata in a dramatic struggle. The first act was won by the illegal immigrant, the second act was close but went to the illegal immigrant in the end, in the third act the players from Kiryat Ata woke up but the fourth act was a completely different opera and went to the illegal immigrant on the way to the semifinals next week.
Misha Wolinsky (37% on offense, 2 blocks and 3 aces) led Hapoel HaMaapil / Menashe / Emek-Hefer with 22 points. The team reception percentage was 62%, and the attack percentage was 44%, blocking 9 balls (4 of them of Ofek Hazan), scoring 4 aces and finishing with 21 general errors in the game (11 from the opening stroke, 3 on reception and 7 on offense).
Andrei Kvalinka (54% in reception, 41% in attack, 4 blocks and ace) led Hapoel Kiryat Ata with 20 points. The team finished with 51% on reception, 37% on offense, blocked 11 balls, scored 3 aces and executed 33! General mistakes in the game (13! In refusal, 4 in reception, 17! In attack). Zohar Bar Netzer The qualifying coach: “Congratulations to the players after the loss in the fourth set who knew how to lift the team to victory. Inbar Shachar managed the game excellently.”
MS Eilabun – KK Tel Aviv 0: 3 (11:25, 12: 25,16: 25)
An easy victory for Eilabun today against the last in the table KK Tel Aviv, Eilabun will now have to rise because in the semi-finals the strong team of Hapoel Kfar Saba is waiting for them. Samaan Samaan Eilabun coach: “It was a good game, we are facing the semi-finals, we are coming to the semi-finals as an underdog, on paper Kfar Saba is better than us, but you can always surprise, we will prepare well and give a fight in the semi-finals – and anything can happen.”