Jonathan Ginzburg
Shaariim fans (Yonathan Ginzburg)
The second round of League A South started already yesterday (Thursday), with the soccer match between Hapoel Kfar Shalem and Maccabi Ashdod taking center stage. Diego Nikolaevski scored the only goal and brought the first victory of the season to Kfar Shalem with 0:1. More from yesterday: Holon and Modi’in drew 0:0 and Hanan Azoulai’s Hapoel Keat Jordan recorded a second consecutive victory after 1:2 over Shimshon Tel Aviv, which has yet to see any points this season.
Today (Friday), the rest of the games took place, with the most intriguing of them all taking place at the Shaareim stadium. The street derby, which brought together Maccabi Shaariim and Hapoel Marmorak, which ended in an attractive 2:2 draw. Dimona and Maccabi Herzliya shared points with 1:1, so did Shimshon Kfar Kasem and Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam who finished 0:0. Yavne achieved its first victory against the goal of Raz Rahamim, the ex, with a 1:2 against Kassifa. Hapoel Herzliya and Erez Benodis are perfect with 6 points after beating Bnei Eilat 0:2.
Maccabi Shaariim – Hapoel Marmorak 2:2
About 500 spectators arrived today at the municipal stadium of Sha’arim and painted the main stand bright blue with a supply of Israeli flags. Hapoel Marmorak and its fans were allocated 200 tickets, which were stolen in a moment, as both stands sang and cheered throughout the 90 minutes. Before the match began, David Marten confronted Oren Crispin and shook his hand and the two wished each other great success.
The visiting team was already leading 0:2 with goals from Ben Amsalem and Yam Cohen, when until the 70th minute it looked like the sure way to victory. But then everything changed, Daniel Kunitsky Tzimek and Amit Shapira equalized nine minutes to the end and set the final result, 2:2.
