After the victory in the season game on Friday against Ramat Hasharon, Hapoel Ashdod defeated Kiryat Motzkin 33-29 away and they reach the semifinals in great shape at the beginning of next week.
With its head deep in the next Sunday (6/3) in the semi-finals and after the big victory on Friday in the season game against Ramat Hasharon 35-31, Hapoel Ashdod took another important step that is mainly a character test with a victory in the 8th round in the home stage of the Premier League. In handball, on Kiryat Motzkin outside.
As mentioned, the Reds are accumulating two more important points tonight after a 33-29 victory over Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin, which brings the Reds closer to securing second place in the table ahead of the upcoming playoff games.
It is always difficult in Motzkin and this time too the northern team did not make life easy for the Reds and even took the lead in most of the minutes of the game, but in the last minutes Ashdod picked up gear and finally managed to win, a victory that can guarantee home until the league final!
Motzkin, as in many of her games this season and especially in the top house (including the previous one in Ashdod), was better in the first episode of the game, but lost in the end to Ashdod 33:29 (14:17).
Motzkin led by 3 goals in the drop to the half-time break, and in fact was in the lead until the 42nd minute (where Shachar Levin equalized at 22:22). Motzkin took the lead again, but stopping Oz Yitzhak’s penalty and Stefan Ilyich’s goal in the penalty area gave Ashdod a 24:25 advantage.
Philipp Laubetz equalized for 27:27 (51 ‘). Nibu Levy and Lou Exbrod gave it a two-goal advantage, and Shahar Levin’s snatched a ball closed the story – 27:30 – 5 minutes to go. Judges Eldad Peled and Yossi Yemini.
Scored to win Ashdod:
Lou Exbrod finished with 6 goals (all scored in the second half)
Amit Stellman, Stefan Ilyitz and Shachar Levin finished with 5 goals each
Yossi Bitterman and Omar Gera finished with 3 goals each
Nibu Levy finished with 2 goals.
Tonight’s game was the last preparatory game for one of the Reds’ most important and fateful games this season, the semi-final of the State Cup that will take place this coming Sunday against Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
To purchase a ticket – Eli Ben Gozi – 054-4291706