{"id":3193,"date":"2014-04-20T09:46:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T09:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballisrael.com\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2014-04-20T09:46:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T09:46:12","slug":"football-israel-ligat-haal-championshiprelegation-rounds-april-18-21-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/football-israel-ligat-haal-championshiprelegation-rounds-april-18-21-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Israel Ligat Ha&#8217;Al Championship\/Relegation Rounds April 18-21, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"js-video [vimeo, widescreen]\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bmTdI6FYI8E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Bnei Sakhnin 2-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bnei Sakhnin played an almost perfect match against the reigning champions and denied them a chance to move closer to clinching this season&#8217;s title on goals by Feras Mugrabi &#038; Muhamed Ghadir. Maccabi Tel Aviv came out very lame against a club looking for a European berth and only scored a 90th minute penalty by Rada Prica. <\/p>\n<div class=\"js-video [vimeo, widescreen]\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qKZepjmAo-4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Hapoel Haifa 1-0 Beitar Jerusalem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hapoel Haifa finally earned a victory after 5 matches on a Yuval Abidor strike, while Roni Levy&#8217;s Beitar again faltered offensively with only a few games remaining. The win puts Haifa in position to maintain its standing in the Ligat Ha&#8217;AL and not get demoted to the Leumit League.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-video [vimeo, widescreen]\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_V-oyDobO7w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>><br \/>\n<strong>Hapoel Kiryat Shemona 1-1 Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After securing a place in the Israel State Cup Finals, Kiryat Shemona had a bit of a hangover Saturday drawing with Hapoel Tel Aviv 1-1 in Kiryat Shemona. Former Maccabi Tel Aviv youngster Roie Kehat scored his first of the season for the home side while Ran Yitzhak scored for the Reds. Branko Illic committed a foolish foul at the 87th minute that earned him a red card and will miss the next match, a derby against Maccabi Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-video [vimeo, widescreen]\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDnYgsGFXRk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Maccabi Haifa 2-1 Hapoel Beer Sheva <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maccabi Haifa playing their home game on the road in Netanya due to a radius penalty defeated a struggling Hapoel Beer Sheva 2-1 you themselves are coming off a shocking Israel State Cup loss. Shoval Gozlan scored 40 seconds into the match for the Greens while Maor Bozaglo tied it up on a brilliant free kick. But it was Alon Turgeman&#8217;s classy touch goal from newcomer Eran Biton who was making his debut start for Maccabi that won the three points for embattled coach Arik Benado.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-video [vimeo, widescreen]\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TUNF8hMepXM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 4-1 Maccabi Petach Tikva<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Petach Tikva took a 1-0 lead into the second half on a goal by Roie Dayan, but it was 55th minute substitute Yosef Abu Laben&#8217;s hat trick and Emir Hadzic&#8217;s 95th minute penalty that has almost assured Petach Tikva&#8217;s trip to the Leumit League and puts RHS in position to stay up in Ligat Ha&#8217;Al.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-video [vimeo, widescreen]\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/emUY2Hvpf2A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Bnei Yehuda 1-3 Hapoel Raanana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bnei Yehuda took a nosedive in the standings back into the danger relegation zone losing convincingly to Raanana 3-1 at Bloomfield Stadium. Raanana took a lead on a Mamadou Thiam 3rd minute goal but Nes Zamir drew the clubs even before half time. But the second half saw all Raanana with goals by Raz Cohen &#038; Anthony Nwakaeme to wrap up the away victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-video [vimeo, widescreen]\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WZuDstnH7ns\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ashdod 1-0 Hapoel Akko<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ashdod&#8217;s Alex Davidov gave the club a slim 1 goal win over Akko in Ashdod as the home side has almost assured itself of staying up in Ligat Ha&#8217;Al.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bnei Sakhnin 2-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv Bnei Sakhnin played an almost perfect match against the reigning champions and denied them a chance to move closer to clinching this season&#8217;s title on goals by Feras Mugrabi &#038; Muhamed Ghadir. 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