{"id":53254,"date":"2022-03-09T22:52:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=53254"},"modified":"2022-03-09T22:52:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:52:58","slug":"maccabi-tlv-closes-gap-atop-table-ziv-aries-epic-rant-benayoun-israel-natl-team-sports-director-on-episode-281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tlv-closes-gap-atop-table-ziv-aries-epic-rant-benayoun-israel-natl-team-sports-director-on-episode-281\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi TLV closes gap atop table, Ziv Arie&#8217;s epic rant, Benayoun Israel Nat&#8217;l Team Sports Director on Episode #281"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10247664?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RShelem\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roye Shelem<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesportsrabbi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi<\/a> looked back at the week that was in Israeli soccer from Maccabi Tel Aviv cutting down Maccabi Haifa&#8217;s lead to Hapoel Jerusalem coach Ziv Arie&#8217;s epic postgame rant against the referees. 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