The seventh round of the home leg started tonight, when Hapoel Kiryat Ono met Maccabi Dimona. After two games that ended in Kiryat Ono’s victories in Dimona on the edge of a goal, we got a thriller in the final minutes that ended in a 27:30 victory for Dimona, which gives it air and raises it at least temporarily with 11 points above the red line. Kiryat Ono with first loss in the top house after 5 wins.
Tomorrow, two games will be played in the lower house between Hapoel Doral Hevel Eilot and MK Beer Sheva (13:30) and between AK Nes Ziona and Bnei Herzliya (15:00). The picture in the lower house – Ono and Herzliya on the safe way to the upper playoffs with 18 and 17 points respectively. The 4 teams that are expected to play in the house of survival are Dimona (11 points), Ness Ziona and Hevel Eilot (10 points each), and Beer Sheva (2 points), which already has a foot and a half in the second league – even though it has two games left to complete.
As mentioned tonight, after two frustrating games for Dimona that ended in home losses 21:20 and 27:26 to Kiryat Ono, she managed to win. Amir Dan’s great game management, who grew up and played in Kiryat Ono and led the club’s youth team last season to a historic championship win, contributed a lot to it along with a fantastic game by Yotam Tal who scored 8 goals. Dimona already led by five goals – 19:24. Kiryat Ono came back from it, and Delibor Sukic reduced the deficit to just one goal – 25:24 in the 54th minute. Bogdan Nikolic raised to 26:24, but Noam short in an excellent personal move reduced the goal again. Roy Solomon’s goal raised to 26:28, and Thomas van Zeller with an entire field goal and Nikolic sealed the victory at 27:30.
At the end, a confrontation developed between Nikolic and Sukic, who received red cards. Yotam Tal as mentioned led Dimona with 8 goals. Nikolic added 6. Ilya Petrovich finished with 5. Roy Solomon with 4. Marco Kamper and Sean Solomon with 2 each and Shalev Elimel with a goal. Leono – Tariq Ksumovich scored 8 goals, Sukic and Nevo Medina 5 each, Ofir Simon 3, Amit Gal and Roi Liebgut 2 each, Chirich and Katzer 1 each. My uncle Levin and my uncle Janko were tried.
In the Upper House – tomorrow (15:00 first hour): Meeting between the two leaders – Hapoel Ashdod will host AS Mat Hasharon. The host recovered from the loss to Maccabi Rishon LeZion with a 31:34 victory in Holon, as did Ramat Hasharon with a victory over Kiryat Motzkin after a loss in Holon.
The last meeting in the Upper House ended at 29:30 for Ramat Hasharon. Ashdod is making an interesting move. Hapoel Rishon LeZion will host MK Holon in the battle for fourth place, with a point separating the two who finished the two meetings between them this season in a tie 29:29 and 28:28. The champion Maccabi Rishon Lezion will host Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin.
Last night, in the national league, the Tel Aviv derby took place. SA defeated Maccabi 31:33, which was stopped after 12 consecutive victories. Eyal Seifert, Yuval Katz, Ido Bador, Yuval Yamner and Amir Seifert led AS with 5 goals each, Hadar Matzliach added 4. Nir Yankova 3 Weber Primat 1. In Maccabi – Nadav Bitton was the leading scorer with 11 goals. Lidor Pinto 2, Bar Getzel and Ofir Simon 1 each. On Sunday, the second and decisive phase of the ascent (with an intriguing game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Rehovot) and the descent will begin.