In the season in which AS Ramat Hasharon recorded the historic immigration to the state cup final (in which they lost to Ashdod), it recorded another record moment tonight (Monday) with the immigration to the playoff finals for the first time in the Winner League, after four losses in previous semi-finals in the last seven years. The primacy.
Ramat Hasharon defeated MK Yuvalim Holon 30:34 and completed a 0: 3 sweep in the semifinal series. Who will be her opponent in the final series? The holder of the State Cup, Hapoel Ashdod, defeated the champion Maccabi Rishon LeZion 33:37 and went up to 1: 2 in the series, another victory of hers on Friday in Beit Maccabi will bring it together against Ramat Hasharon, but any other result will drag the series on Monday Back to the port city, one thing is for sure, the team from Sharon will have the home advantage in the final series.
AS Ramat Hasharon – MK Yuvalim Holon 30:34 (14:12) 0: 3 in the series
Ramat Hasharon knew that tonight’s victory would lift it to the finals. The feeling was before the game that she would travel to 0: 3, but she went up to the first half complacently. She did not lead in the first half even once, and in the first 23 minutes she mostly chased after the guest. Nissim Pelach’s trainees certainly had reasons for optimism, but the second half was a completely different story. Ramat Hasharon looked great, came back, made a comeback and escaped on the way to a historic final and an impressive series finish – with three wins 31:36, 35:26 and today 30:34.
Holon won many compliments for a great season, in which it made a leap forward, finished in fourth place at the end of the top house and recorded a historic immigration to the playoff semifinals. In addition, its captain, Barel Lanciano, announced his retirement from the game at the end of the series.
Hapoel Ashdod – Maccabi Rishon LeZion 33:37 (12:18) 1: 2 in the series
After an away win for each of the teams, the state cup holder kept the house for the first time in a fascinating series against the champion. She looked great in the first half, despite being sent off on a red card by Risto Vujicic. Ashdod exploded in the final minutes of the half, when Amit Stellman gave it an 11:16 advantage. Immediately after came goals from Alexander Babic (who was great in the first half with 4 goals), and from Shachar Levin who showed good ability in the series, and they set 11:18 and left Maccabi Rishon LeZion helpless. He offset him with a goal.
Maccabi Rishon LeZion made a comeback in the opening of the second half, but failed to close the gap significantly. – which they started with a 1: 0 deficit against Hapoel Rishon LeZion, but from there they went back to 1: 3 in the series summary. It’s still 60 minutes away, and the champion sure will not give up and will try to move the decision in this series to a fifth game.