Nicholas Culkin 11/02/2021 21:00
Moti Malka in the fight for the ball (Oren Ben Hakon)
The 21st round of the National League will kick off tomorrow (Friday, 15:00) with all teams playing in parallel. Hapoel Raanana will host the new leader of the league, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Nof Hagalil will try to recover when they play against Maccabi Achi Nazareth, MS. Kfar Qassem will meet Hapoel Ixl and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm against Hapoel Ramat Hasharon. In addition, Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam will host Hapoel Rishon Lezion, Hapoel Afula vs. Hapoel Acre, Hapoel Petah Tikva vs. Hapoel Ramat Gan and the top of the table, Hapoel Kfar Shalem will face the Ness Ziona section.
Hapoel Raanana – Hapoel Jerusalem (Ramat Gan Stadium)
Ziv Arieh’s Reds defeated Hapoel Nof Hagalil this week in the game of the season so far and at the expense of the Northerners took first place in the table. The Jerusalem team has the same number of points as Nof Hagalil, but its goal difference is better and therefore it is the new leader of the national league. The Jerusalemites count 12 games in a row without a loss and also recorded a third consecutive victory. On the other hand, the host from Raanana came back from the corona lag with a 1: 0 loss to the strong Hapoel Ramat Hasharon and will try to recover in front of the strongest team in the league, a difficult task for Eldad Shavit’s players. The team is ranked 12th in the league with 21 points and a loss could complicate it in the bottom struggles.
Coach Hapoel Raanana, Eldad Shavit He said: “We have made a significant facelift in the last 3 weeks. We have left to connect the players so that Raanana will start producing points as expected of us. We play against the leader, a big challenge for us. We will do everything to stop their gallop.”
Hapoel Nof Hagalil – Maccabi Achi Nazareth (Green)
The host came down from the summit after the 2: 1 loss to Jerusalem, when it was the third game in a row that the Northerners could not win and after a dream season opener and a decrease in the team’s ability in recent games, it will be interesting to see how Yaron Hochnaboim stays in the team. To sign him, will take the club out of the sequence of bad results. On the other hand, the Greens are in 13th place in the table with 20 points, only 5 points from 14th place and want to surprise the deputy leader. Tomer Kashtan’s team came back from the break with 0: 0 against Hapoel Petah Tikva and its last victory was somewhere in the 12th round, it is an edge game, but we have already seen this season that anything is possible in the national league.
Galilee Landscape Coach, Yaron Hochnaboim He said: “The game against Hapoel Jerusalem was not a bad game for us. We got into a lot of situations, but the ball did not come in. This league is equal and there is no easy game. Every game is a challenge, especially for a team that has ambitions. We made good preparation for Maccabi Win”.
tax. Kfar Qassem – Hapoel Iksal (Lod)
After not playing in the previous round due to the disqualification of the Nes Ziona section, MS Kfar Qassem finally returns to the pitches after more than a month. Salah Hasarma’s team went on holiday with a 1-0 loss to Hapoel Ramat Gan and will certainly want to return this time with a victory. The Reds are ranked 15th in the table with 15 points and they must start accumulating points if they want to stay another season in the national team. From the other side, one of the surprises of the season so far will be Hapoel Ixlal, which was based in third place with 35 points, just two points ahead of Hapoel Jerusalem. Eliran Hodda leads the Reds to a wonderful season and although the team missed an opportunity to stick to the table lead in the previous round (0: 0 against Hapoel Acre), it has a chance to do so maybe this time.
Coach Hapoel Ixl, Eliran Hodda, Commented on the meeting: “We are going through a difficult period with a lot of injured players and a number of Corona patients, but for us no matter what staff we come from – we come to every field to work hard to play positive football to get points.”
On the goals of the group added: “Right now our goal is to secure our place in the top playoffs, the league is long, there are 17 more games to end the season and it’s too early to know what will happen next.”
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm – Hapoel Ramat Hasharon (Acre)
Motti Ivanir’s team completed a seventh game in a row without a win and came back with 0: 0 against Hapoel Rishon LeZion in the previous round when it seemed that the break did not help them so much. The team is in tenth place in the league with 23 points and the top playoff is getting further and further away for it. On the other hand, Yigal Entebi’s Blues defeated Hapoel Raanana 0: 1 in the second round of the league from a goal by De Costa and kept the fourth place in the table, with only 4 points from first place.
Sturdy crescent, Ramat Hasharon goalkeeper said: “Preparing for the game as for any game, Umm al-Fahm is a very difficult team and it will be a difficult game. We worked hard with the team to get the most ready there is, Yigal brought new energies to the team, we hope it will take us forward for the rest of the season. “
Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam – Hapoel Rishon Lezion (Ness Ziona)
The Blues returned from the break with a 0: 1 victory over Hapoel Afula and continued with the good ability that brought them to the fifth place in the league, with 32 points. On the other hand, the Oranges from Wine City came back just as they went on vacation, with a draw. Ismail Amer’s team is already counting three consecutive draws and is currently in sixth place with two points less than its opponent in the game.
Amir Nesbaum, Betar Tel Aviv coach, told ONE: “A very difficult away game against a tough and committed opponent. Rishon Lezion makes it very difficult for its opponent to develop the game and knows how to punish with quick attacks. We will reach a game that is patient, focused and ready for a type of game that can be decided on individual opportunities. “
Magen Rishon LeZion, Dosu Abu, Said ahead of the game: “We get to a tough game like a lot of games in this league. We have to stay focused throughout the game and do the things we are working on and I am sure we will come home with all the points. “
Hapoel Afula – Hapoel Acre (Afula)
Roman Zulu’s team returned from the break with a 1: 0 loss to Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam and is in 11th place in the league with 22 points. The Blues are not currently in danger of relegation but are also not close to the top playoffs. On the other hand, Eli Cohen’s team is in 9th place with 27 points, only three points from Hapoel Rishon LeZion in sixth place. In the return match of the Corona lag, the team finished 0-0 against Hapoel Ixl.
The new pioneer of Hapoel Afula, Alon Bozorgi Commented on the match: “I waited a long time for my first game in the team, from the first second I saw that there is a strong team here, a fighter with an excellent locker room. A very difficult game awaits us against Hapoel Acre, a trained team whose players are young and hungry who have caused problems for many teams this year. We lost last Monday, the advantage of the density of the league games is that it is possible to fix very quickly, we prepared well and we have to do everything to get back to winning. “
Eli Cohen, Hapoel Acre coach, said: “We are entering a very crowded game board, and we do not have time to look at what was in the previous game. Returning after a long break is not easy, but along with the recent acquisition we have made, with the addition of Omar and Mahran, I believe will help us a lot in reaching our goals this season. The game in Afula is going to be super difficult, this is a team whose home makes life difficult for everyone, especially when it owes the points to survive in the league. Our goal is to come and play our regular game, and take another very important step towards integration in the top playoffs. “
Hapoel Petah Tikva – Hapoel Ramat Gan (HaMoshava)
The Malabuses interrupted their bad streak, which included 4 consecutive losses, did not even manage to win an eighth game in a row and finished 0-0 against Maccabi Achi Nazareth in the previous round. Haim Shabu’s team is still in 15th place leading to the first division, with only 14 points. On the other hand, Hapoel Ramat Gan, which wants to be in the top playoffs and is in seventh place with 29 points, stumbled against the last in the table, Hapoel Kfar Shalem, which defeated it 0: 2. The Ordons will want to recover and not be surprised again by a bottom group.
Hapoel Petah Tikva goalkeeper, Omar Katz, He said: “We are coming to an important and difficult game against a strong team with a lot of good players. We are returning to the colony after a long period and we will do everything to come out with 3 important points for the rest of the way.”
Tal Bumstein, A player from Ramat Gan: “Unfortunately, after a long period of waiting to return and playing, we finished the last game with a result that does not serve our ambitions. Towards Hapoel Petah Tikva, we prepared accordingly, and we will come with the goal of taking the game and putting what happened behind us. “
Hapoel Kfar Shalem – Ness Ziona Section (Grundman)
Omar Peretz’s Oranges recorded a surprising and third victory of the season over Hapoel Ramat Gan and it seems that the break was good with the team that returned to business in the league. She already has 13 points and is only 2 points away from 14th place leading to the tests. Uri Gutman’s Oranges, on the other hand, did not play in the previous round due to Corona’s outburst in the team and will make a comeback to the pitches after more than a month. No doubt they will not want to be surprised and will do anything to return to the good ability that characterized them at the beginning of the league, an ability that has faded slightly in the last month before the forced recess due to the closure in the country.
Elior Cider, A player from Kfar Shalem, who scored a debut goal in the first game of the last round against Ramat Gan, said: “First of all we feel good and happy with the victory and also the ability, we want to continue the positive momentum and we come most prepared for this game and we will win.”
Ness Ziona coach, Uri Gutman He said: “We are coming to the game against a good and trained opponent. Kfar Shalem very rightly won the last game. We have strengthened and deepened the squad for the rest of the crowded season. “Unfortunately, the Corona hurt us, but even though we are only training a few times, the players are excited for the match, we will come and give it our all.”
