The 11th round of the Premier League in handball, and the last before the break (until mid-January), opened tonight (Sunday) with two games. Hapoel Rishon LeZion defeated Bnei Herzliya 30:34, and Ness Ziona defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 28:34 and improves their chances of qualifying for the top house, also following the loss of Herzliya. Tomorrow the round will be completed with four more games between Maccabi Dimona and MK Beer Sheva, AS Ramat Hasharon and Maccabi Rishon LeZion, Hapoel Ashdod to Rehovot and between Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin and MK Holon.
In Nahalat Yehuda, the game between Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Herzliya was evenly matched until the 36th minute, where in a situation of 16:16 (and 12:12 before that in the half), Hapoel ran away with goals from Stefan Ilyich, Sean Seles and Itai Sorkis and came up To a 16:19 advantage, which later grew to a difference of six goals. Herzliya only minimized the lag until the end – 30:34 to Hapoel. Ilyich finished with 9 goals, Sels and Surkis with 5 each. In Herzliya, Ben Liberty, Yarden Lachman and Nemanja Goikovich stood out. Hapoel Rishon LeZion is in second place with 18 points (from 10 games). Herzliya is ranked fifth with 13 points (from 11 games), and has already secured its place in the top house.
In the game in Ness Ziona, the Tigers led by two goals until the middle of the first half (7: 9 in the 15th minute). Later, I Uvina equalized, and Itai Turknitz and Jordan Itkowski gave Maccabi a 13:15 advantage. Aviv Leifer and Veliko Davidovich equalized, and Oren Meirovich managed to stop Nir Geva’s penalty before the whistle for the break. Natz escaped in the second half, and a goal by Nikola Skorovich raised it to 21:25. The advantage increased until the end, when Omri Gadot set 26:34, and Nir Geva minimized damage. Natz climbs at least until tomorrow to 6th place with 10 points (from 10 games). Maccabi Tel Aviv remains in 10th place with 5 points (from 10 games). Davidovich was the outstanding scorer with 8 goals. Leifer scored 6, and Roy Rollo and Skorovich 5 each.
In another matter, there was a change of coaches for the second time this season in the league, when Nir Halima, who coached Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin for the past two and a half years, announced his resignation, and the team will be coached tomorrow by Barak Amar and Alex Bushich, players who hold coaching certificates. A new one is emerging for him – Hapoel Jerusalem.After opening a group of children, the capital intends to register an alumni group that will appear next season in the national league.
