State Cup (Photo: Oren Ben Hakon, Flash 90)
Without the champion: these are the teams that advanced to the semi-finals of the cup
Eliyahu Luxenberg, knitted news
02.03.23 | 11:07
The picture of the semifinals of the State Cup has been completed: the ones who advance to the decisive stage are: Beitar Jerusalem, MS Ashdod, Maccabi Netanya, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. This after the champion Maccabi Haifa was eliminated against Maccabi Netanya, and the cup holder Hapoel BS was eliminated in the previous stage
After the last two return games in the quarter-final stage, were held last night (Wednesday). The photos of the teams that will play in the semi-finals, the State Cup, have been completed. The four teams that qualified for the knockout stage of the prestigious enterprise are: Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv, MS Ashdod and Maccabi Netanya. The two teams that stood out by their absence and were surprisingly eliminated are the state champion and leader of the league table, Maccabi Haifa who lost on Tuesday this week 1-2 to Maccabi Netanya and thus flew already at the quarter-final stage.
In last night’s match, Beitar Jerusalem, who came up in the second team, lost 2-1 to Hapoel Afula from the National League, despite the embarrassing loss, Beitar qualified for the semi-finals following a 0-4 victory in the first meeting between the two. Beitar Jerusalem returns to the semi-final stage after five years of not being able to reach this stage in the cup.
Beitar’s coach, Yossi Aboksis, wants to go all the way. (Photo: Oren Ben Hakon, Flash 90)
On the other hand, Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the semi-finals in style when it defeated Maccabi Petah Tikva 1-2 last night, in the matches held yesterday, MS Ashdod defeated Hapoel Petah Tikva 2-4 in a particularly stormy encounter. We note that the Ashdods knocked out the holders Hapoel in the previous stage Be’er Sheva. In the most surprising match of the quarter-finals, Maccabi Netanya knocked out the national champion, Maccabi Haifa, when the game dragged into overtime ended with a score of 1-2 to Diamonds of Netanya.
The race for president will continue when the semi-final draw takes place this Sunday at 12:00