29.9.2002,
17 goals were scored last night in the Israeli league. Day 3 gave Maccabi Haifa 1-0 win against Maccabi Tel Aviv and dumped Tel Aviv to the bottom. Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn't grab a win at Natanya. Hapoel Beer Sheva won in Petach Tikva against home team Hapoel. Bietar Jerusalem couldn’t passed throw BNYI Yehouda and lost 3-2 to Ohana's team. Kfar Saba takes first point in the match against Rishon Lezion. And Maccabi Petach Tikva still without points after another loss in Ashdod.

best goal in this week, Omri Afek from Hapoel Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv lost 1-0 to Maccabi Haifa review on this game you can find here.

Hapoel Tel Aviv can't win in Natanya:
Last year Hapoel Tel Aviv was the best opponent of Maccabi Haifa, but this year the reds didn’t opened the season so well. After 2 stressed wins Hapoel lost her first points in Natanya with a 2-2 draw. Afek score heroic goal in the 15^th minute after wonderful strike(or pass) from the left wing. Balili's header made it 2-0 to Hapoel in the 54^th minute, the new Brazilian Silva passed the ball to the Israeli striker. 11 minutes to the gong Talas Shos scored the 2-1 after Elimeleh couldn’t stop a Rouven Atar strike. In the 90^th minute Vilner found Atar that kicked the ball from 16 meter straight into the left side of Elimeleh's goal, 2-2.

BNYI Yehouda and Ohana surprise Bietar Jerusalem:
The result of the day belongs to BNYI Yehouda that hammered Bietar Jerusalem in "Tedi", Jerusalem 3-2. Manor Hasan that last year played in Bietar Jerusalem open the scoring in the 9^th minute. In the 24^th minute, 2-0, Gafni ran in the left side and crossed the ball to the middle where Foantas headed the ball into the net from 5 meters, if anyone can find the Jerusalem defense please call 911. BNYI Yehouda kept the pressure and 8 minutes to the half scored the 3^rd. Foantas found Baldot that scored from 8 meters. Bietar Jerusalem woke up late, in the 78^th minute Zohar scored from 10 meters after Kobika's pass. One minute to the final whistle Edri passed a good ball to Zohar who smashed the 2-3. But Bietar Jerusalem couldn’t get to the score-shit another time.
Ohana (BNYI Yehouda's coach and former Bietar Jerusalem's star): "I feel great, we played wonderful first half while Bietar surprised me with their weakness".

Ashdod grab first win in the league:
Ashdod looks good after 2-0 win against last position Maccabi Petach Tikva. Yet it took 77 minutes to the home team to score. Alon Hazan lifted a good ball in to the Petach Tikva box and Yaniv Azran headed the ball into the net. 4 minutes to the end Elikarif crossed a nice ball and Moshe Ohayun finished it with no problems, 2-0 it ended. Ashdod looks like getting into the league with this win. Maccabi Petach Tikva needs some change but Guy Lozon will not resign his job because his father owns the team.

Beer Sheva went second after win in Petach Tikva:
If Ashdod looks great what do you think about Hapoel Beer Sheva? Second win in this week against good team, this time the most South team in Israel beat Hapoel Petach Tikva in Petach Tikva. Rami Abu-Laben's penalty kick in the 31^st minute gave Beer Sheva the necessary win witch put then in the second position in the league after a good week. In the 58^th minute Moti Kakon Hapoel Petach Tikva's star played his first game in this season but he was to weak for Beer Sheva defense.

Hapoel Kfar Saba and Irony Rishon Lezion go home with 2 a piece:
Hapoel Kfar Saba is no more a pointless team, 2-2 in Rishon Lezion was the game witch brought them first point. Irony Rishon Lezion played delicate like they are playboys' women. Even Vaginiski and Kapeta's comeback wasn’t enough for Eitan Shalom's team. After 5 minutes Kfar Saba took the lead, Abargil headed the ball into net after bad save by Ben Hamo Rishon's keeper. In the 31^st minute Menash kicked ball into the box and Shem Tov tried to clear but sent it straight into his own net, 1-1. In the 60^th minute Menash ran into the box but fell down, referee gave Rishon a penalty. Holtsaman sent it to Shayzinger's hands, still 1-1. In the 73^rd minute Alon Mizrahi scored his first goal in the Israeli league this year. The former international striker pasted Zabilov, the center back defender, and kicked the ball into the left side of the net, 2-1 to Kfar Saba. 2 minutes to the end Dani Albert scored nice goal from 25 meters and made it 2-2.

So this is week 3 results, we can see that the league belong to Maccabi Haifa that isn't tired from her trips to the Champions League games. See you next week…

Some facts:
- No red card was pulled out this week..
- 15 thousand fans came to Blomfield too watch Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa. 39 thousand fans come to all-6 games.
- Avi Nimni, Moti Kakon and Nisan Kapetta played for the first time in their teams.
- 5 team didn’t lost yet, 3 teams didn’’t win so far and 4 teams didn’t draw any match.

All Scores:
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 - Maccabi Haifa 1
Maccabi Natanya 2 - Hapoel Tel Aviv 2
Bietar Jerusalem 2 - BNYI Yehouda Tel Aviv 3
MS Ashdod 2 - Maccabi Petach Tikva 0
Hapoel Petach Tikva 0 - Hapoel Beer Sheva 1
Irony Rishon Lezion 2 - Hapoel Kfar Saba 2

DiD U Know: Alon Mizrahi's last goal in the first division was 2 years ago when he played in Bietar Jerusalem and they won 2-1. The "Airplane" scored the winning goal in the 88^th minute.

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