The high school football championship final for students showed everyone how polished the Netanya diamond is. A purposeful display of the ORT Leibowitz Netanya players who were the candidates for the title awarded them at the expense of Kfar Galim, which parted ways with the title. Era Toklomati excelled with a hat-trick, while Era Burns added a double.
In European weather, just before the end of the Israeli winter, Sportek met in Be’er Sheva for the high school finals in football in 1952, the reigning champion – Kfar Galim Hof Hacarmel and opposite the ambitious and enthusiastic rival from the Diamond City – Ort Leibowitz Netanya who impressed very much in the national championship.
The champion from Hof Hacarmel consists mostly of Maccabi Haifa youth team players, who only on Tuesday won the district championship on foot and did not have time to rest too much towards the final but as his coach On Chen defined: “Our way is social commitment and the desire to be together and give of ourselves And for the students a lot so that they can succeed in the educational and sporting atmosphere in which they live. ”
Kfar Galim came up in the following lineup: Or Ben Shoshan; Getacho Yavlu, Liel Ben Abu, Amir Dahar, Oren Strah and Baski, Omed Dand, Yarin Levy, Noam Shemesh, Shalev Waller-Stein, Sally Fahima and Ziv Ben Shimol. Partner: Idan Berkowitz, Sunny Lee, Ili Popov.
Netanya, which arrived as stated, is confident in itself and its ability to take the championship title came from the Sharon, after a number of significant rest days from last weekend. In Netanya they tried to minimize the statements before the game when they said that they come as candidates to take the title in light of the deep and talented staff available to them, which is not seen in the national championship where the pretentiousness and determination of Netanya players was reflected on the field.
The Yellows from Netanya were in the following lineup: Amit Dadon; Daniel Oknin, Nakita Stoyano, Dennis Culico, Idan Burns, Itai Roche, Bar Cohen, Nati Biadglin, Wahib Fares Adam Mahmid, and Idan Toklomati. Partner: Benjamin Mulao.
Already in the opening minutes, Netanya showed offensive superiority, and Idan Toklomati found himself twice against Ben-Shoshan for a real opportunity to score. The first time he doubtless fell doubtfully failed but referee Snir Levy ruled for the corner, and the second time Ben-Shoshan deflected a good kick from the Netanya striker. Another miss was recorded by Oknin, in the first five minutes of the game.
In the 19th minute, Netanya’s control reached its goal – a corner kick from the right side caught the Kfar Galim defense unprepared. Koliko lowered his head to the era of the huge Burns that did not have a hard time pushing his head in and subduing Ben-Shoshan, who until then had prevented quite a few opportunities for a split from Netanya.
3 minutes after the goal, Ben-Shoshan boxed an excellent Burns fly kick. In the 35th minute, a stationary situation for Netanya again, Burns raised a high ball, Ben-Shoshan hit a Bar Cohen missile, at the feet of Toklomati who after a lot of misses finally found the net. Snir Levy decided that the goal was not scored from a different position and the yellow-blacks went down to the break with a very significant advantage on the way to the coveted title.
After 3 minutes Toklomati completed a personal double, from a great cooking by Bar Cohen on the way to a sharp and smooth 0: 3 already in the first half and a clear statement by Netanya on the way to the title. Kfar Galim did not reach the threat on goal throughout the first half. Only at the start of the second half did Kfar Galim reach for a number of opportunities. Amir Dahar hit a corner kick, while substitute Sunny Lee kicked a high ball over the goal from 14 meters to the left. Two minutes later, Idan Toklomati took advantage of a mistake in the defense of Kfar Galim to allow over Ben Shoshan and score a personal three-pointer – 0: 4.
In the 51st minute it was Burns’ turn to complete a double when he received an excellent pass from the left wing from Adam Mahmid and took advantage of Kfar Galim’s loose defense to allow the fifth. Mahmid himself signed the concert in the 62nd minute.
Alexander (‘Sasha’) Peled, the coach of ORT Leibowitz Netanya, did not try to justify the high ability of his players: “I am proud and happy to have such a bunch of players who are fun to coach. We proved from the first game that we deserve to win the title and I am glad that the children reached this status thanks to and also proved from the first minute their ability. There are a lot of players in the youth league here who will go far. This is a great team, happy and fun for me to be the one to coach it. “
Idan Toklomati, who scored a hat-trick, won the title of outstanding player, summed up briefly: “Great fun, we have been waiting for this for a long time. We proved we are the best of all the teams and today we just exploded. Thanks to everyone who participated in it. We will be happy and celebrate properly that we will return home. “