29.8.2002,
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv finished the job quite easily after wins in UEFA cup second leg. Now everyone in Israel is excited to see who will face them after Haifa won I trip to Manchester!

Maccabi celebrate the win

Hapoel Tel Aviv walked on the age but grabbed a famous win in Albania against Patizani Tirana, 4-1. Remember that Hapoel won only 0-1 at home (if you can call it home) after Yossi Abuksis's goal two weeks ago. The Albania's thought they had a chance against the team that went until quarter final last year, but Hapoel show them what they made of after comfortable win. Hapoel scored first with new international star Omri Afek in the 28^th minute. Prtizani Tirana got level when Brazilian defender Marcelo Brachini scored the equalizer 7 minutes later, now his team need "only" 2 goals. Later the same Brachini was sent off. The last 20 minutes belonged to Hapoel, when Balili squeezed his first in the 73^rd minute and found the net again 12 minutes later. In the 90^th minute Kfir Odi finished the day off with Hapoel Tel Aviv's fourth on the night.

Maccabi Tel Aviv crossed comfortably with 2-0 win in the second leg after wining in the same result at Estonia. Maccabi didn’t had many problems but waited 74 minutes for the first goal, An own goal by Pasinas after Dego's shot hit him. 10 minutes later Maccabi was 2-0 up. Andres Prohanenkovas that deserted at the summer from Kiriat Gat was the man who put Maccabi back on track with a fine goal. Maccabi won 4-0 in aggregate.

The draw of both teams will be tomorrow. Meanwhile Maccabi Haifa got Manchester United in their group at the UEFA Champions League. Haifa players and fans also win travel to Leverkusen and will play twice against Olimpiakos.

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