MHaifa1913
17 Sep 2003, 01:24 AM
Maccabi Haifa 3-1 Hapoel Ramat Gan
What an embarassment that Hapoel Ramat Gan is going to play in the UEFA Cup.
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-1 Ashdod SC
Is this Ashdod's year?
Maccabi Haifa eases past hapless Hapoel Ramat Gan
By Haaretz Sports Staff
Maccabi Haifa downed Hapoel Ramat Gan 3-1, while
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Ashsdod SC played to a 1-1
draw in the Toto Cup last night.
Eran Levi scored a brace and set
up a goal as Maccabi Haifa took
a four point lead at the top of
Group 2.
Haifa coach Ronni Levi gave a
rest to most of the team that
thrashed Betar Jerusalem 4-0 on
Sunday, and his second-tier
players proved more than enough
against the State Cup holders.
Haifa went ahead after only four minutes when
Yaniv Katan, who missed Sunday's game because
of a family wedding, sent the ball wide to Levi
who caught the Ramat Gan `keeper off his line
and sent a chip from the edge of the penalty
area into the net.
Haifa went 2-0 up in the 15th minute after Omer
Buxenbaum, who made the move from Ramat Gan to
Kiryat Eliezer over the summer, headed an Eran
Levi corner past his former teammates. Ten
minutes later, Drajan Elian pulled a goal back
for Ramat Gan with a 20-meter blast. Levi
sealed the result two minutes before the final
whistle with another long-range effort.
In Group 3, Yossi Abuksis came up against his
former Hapoel Tel Aviv teammates for the first
since his move to Ashdod.
Ashdod took the lead in the 20th minute on a
Shai Holtzman penalty after David Revivo was
brought down in the box by Shimon Gershon.
Hapoel pressed for an equalizer, but it took
the team well into the second half before it
managed to break down the Ashdod defense. In
the 76th minute, Rueben Solchaga latched on to
a Yossi Rosen cross and chipped the ball over
Ashdod's Polish `keeper Radoslav Maidan. Eight
minutes later, Solchaga found the net again,
but the Argentinian striker was ruled offside.
Ashdod leads Group 3 with six points ahead of
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Herzliya with five.
What an embarassment that Hapoel Ramat Gan is going to play in the UEFA Cup.
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1-1 Ashdod SC
Is this Ashdod's year?
Maccabi Haifa eases past hapless Hapoel Ramat Gan
By Haaretz Sports Staff
Maccabi Haifa downed Hapoel Ramat Gan 3-1, while
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Ashsdod SC played to a 1-1
draw in the Toto Cup last night.
Eran Levi scored a brace and set
up a goal as Maccabi Haifa took
a four point lead at the top of
Group 2.
Haifa coach Ronni Levi gave a
rest to most of the team that
thrashed Betar Jerusalem 4-0 on
Sunday, and his second-tier
players proved more than enough
against the State Cup holders.
Haifa went ahead after only four minutes when
Yaniv Katan, who missed Sunday's game because
of a family wedding, sent the ball wide to Levi
who caught the Ramat Gan `keeper off his line
and sent a chip from the edge of the penalty
area into the net.
Haifa went 2-0 up in the 15th minute after Omer
Buxenbaum, who made the move from Ramat Gan to
Kiryat Eliezer over the summer, headed an Eran
Levi corner past his former teammates. Ten
minutes later, Drajan Elian pulled a goal back
for Ramat Gan with a 20-meter blast. Levi
sealed the result two minutes before the final
whistle with another long-range effort.
In Group 3, Yossi Abuksis came up against his
former Hapoel Tel Aviv teammates for the first
since his move to Ashdod.
Ashdod took the lead in the 20th minute on a
Shai Holtzman penalty after David Revivo was
brought down in the box by Shimon Gershon.
Hapoel pressed for an equalizer, but it took
the team well into the second half before it
managed to break down the Ashdod defense. In
the 76th minute, Rueben Solchaga latched on to
a Yossi Rosen cross and chipped the ball over
Ashdod's Polish `keeper Radoslav Maidan. Eight
minutes later, Solchaga found the net again,
but the Argentinian striker was ruled offside.
Ashdod leads Group 3 with six points ahead of
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Herzliya with five.