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Olim League round-up: November 19

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MS Bambi maintained their winning formula by hitting former Olim League winners England FC for six in the latest round of action.

ENGLAND 2 MS BAMBI 6
Aviv Zemer (2), Aviv Halperin, Bar Blumberg and Ido Sacajiu were among the scorers as league leaders MS Bambi crushed England FC 6-2.

Adam Jaffe scored two quickfire goals at the start of the second half, but Bambi ran out worthy winners.

Bambi manager Yoni Sarig said: "It was a very fast and aggressive game, filled with opportunities. It wasn’t too difficult for us to beat England, but to win by a four-goal margin was hard work."

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MODIIN 4 REAL JERUSALEM 2
Nati Hason, Omri Encaoua (2) and Lanre Adeyinka helped Modiin came from two goals down to beat Real Jerusalem.

Modiin co-managers Jamie Lazarus and David Bruce were delighted for their team's efforts. "Tonight was a massive result for the lads," said Lazarus. "They showed great character to come back from 2-0 down.

Bruce added: "Real were a very difficult team to break down, but in the end our quality shone through."

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ATHLETICO JERUSALEM 1 ASHDOD 6
Ashdod ran out comfortable winners in their latest match in the Olim League, htting Athletico Jerusalem for six.

Ashdod manager David Ahayon said: "We would like to wish to this new Athletico team good luck for the rest of the league games. They have young and nice players, but of course it is not easy the first year. No doubt that they will become a more competitive team in the future."

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RAANANA 4 JERUSALEM 4
The points were shared following an eight-goal thriller in which Amit Dinowitz had put the visitors ahead inside two minutes. This was followed by a second goal after 20 minutes through Zack Lewis.

Raanana rallied, with Danny Rebuk hauling them back into the game and they turned the game on its head with strikes from Ronen Goldsmith and a lovely little backheel from Eyal Slasky to make it 3-2.

Jerusalem fought back to make it 3-3 with a cool finish from Daniel Cohen and then went ahead 4-3 after Jerusalem were awarded a penalty for a handball in the area. As the game was moved into the final 10 minutes Raanan’as Eyal Slaski headed into the top right of the Jerusalem goal for his second goal of the game after a beautiful cross by Nathan Ben Ari from the right hand side of the pitch.

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Elsewhere, Jaffa and Aviv City played out a 3-3 draw.

OLIM LEAGUE TEAM OF THE WEEK

1. Iliyah Kovalov (Modiin)
2. Oren Maor (Bambi)
3. Eliav Chemouny (Ashdod)
4. Adam Nabet (Ashdod)
5. Dan Berkeley (Jaffa)
6. Amit Dinowitz (Jerusalem)
7. Omri Encaoua (Modiin)
8. Peter Emolla (Aviv)
9. Assaf Alfasi (Raanana)
10. Shlomi Touboul (Ashdod)
11. Aviv Halperin (Bambi)

Manager: Yoni Sarig (MS Bambi)

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