Hapoel Rishon Lezion registered a big upset on Saturday by beating their hosts, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar,” 3-1 in Ness Ziona in under-19 league action.
Maccabi, second in the standings, were the favourites going into the clash against their opponents, who are 14th in the division.
Rishon scored in the fifth minute through a long range strike by Adir Rothstein. The visitors might have scored a second goal within three minutes through Mohammed Bamba, but Maccabi were saved by the post.
Maccabi made a great effort to get back on level terms soon afterwards but were unable to find the target on a number of occasions.
Rishon got their second goal in the 75th minute from a corner when Bamba was on hand to tap in from close range.
Maccabi finally scored in the 90th minute when Tal Torgeman struck a volley, but any hope they might have had of levelling the score as they tried to push forward for the equaliser were undone in the dying seconds when Rothstein sealed the result with his second goal of the match.
