Precisely after qualifying for the cup final, Hapoel Ashdod returned to the league and continued its unstable season with a 34-21 defeat against Ramesh. The only discount the Reds deserve is the very missing and injured squad
The second round of the group stage in the Handball Premier League continued last Friday, after the cup matches in the middle of the week.
After Hapoel Ashdod’s impressive victory in the semi-finals of the State Cup over league leader Hapoel Rashalz, the Ashdod after-party was one big nightmare today.
The champion and holder of the state cup had mitigating circumstances and is missing most of the players in the lineup due to injuries.
But the result at the end is very bad and unpleasant with a 34-21 loss, with only one side standing. Ashdod already with a fifth league loss this season, in fifth place.
The seventh round as mentioned will be held on Wednesday and in the center will bring together the two who will play in the final of the State Cup, Maccabi Rashlat and Hapoel Ashdod.
After that, the teams will go to the break for the Israel national team’s games against Estonia in the European Championship qualifiers (on March 9 in Tallinn, and on March 12 the second leg in Tel Aviv).
As mentioned, precisely after qualifying for the cup final, Ashdod returned to the league and there it is in a very unstable and rather mediocre season. Following the cup game, the team was missing a significant number of players due to injuries which included: Risto Vajcic, Alexander Babic, Vok Milankovic, Amit Stalman and Iti Suisa and Niv Levy who was injured in the game and retired.
Conquerors for Ashdod: Omer Gera and Lou Axbrod 5 21, Ofir Cohen 4, Aviv Leiper 3, Omri Kushmaro and Or Farkash 2 21. Goalkeepers: Oren Meirovich – 7 stops from 27 shots. Svetislav Varkic – 4 stops from 18 shots.
Scorers for Ramat Hasharon: Or Levy 6, Shanfeld 5, Moshich and Torknitz 4 KA, Zarfati and Apo 3 KA, Noam Sosna, Tal Hershkowitz, Milan Pavlovich and Marko Chorcic 2 KA, Oral Nachmani 1 .
Goalkeepers: Tomislav Stojkovic 17 stops from 28. Lior Kaplan 3 of 13.