Hapoel Beer Sheva returned home. After seven months of wandering, mainly at the Eleventh Stadium in Ashdod, Teddy in Jerusalem and the Moshava in Petah Tikva, Yossi Aboksis’ team has finally returned to Toto Turner Stadium, where they are currently hosting Hapoel Hadera in the 16th round of the Premier League.
Be’er Sheva went on holiday with excellent momentum overall. After three victories in four games, Yossi Aboksis’ team recorded 1: 1 against Maccabi Haifa just before the closure and now, when they are strong at the top, only two points from third place, the team from the Negev capital is looking for a victory that will move it to Europe.
On the other hand, Hapoel Hadera went on hiatus with exactly the opposite momentum as the Southerners. Sharon Mimar’s team recorded two consecutive losses (1: 0 to Maccabi Haifa and 4: 0 to Beitar Jerusalem) and went below the red line. She needs points to gain air for the continuation of the underground struggles, and at this point even a point will be enough for her to rise above the red line.
The previous game between the teams in the first round was one of the craziest games in the Premier League in recent years. BS led from a goal by Anthony Varen, Shoval Gozlan equalized, Ohad Levita stopped two penalties but failed to prevent Gilad Abramov from completing a turnaround, but a goal by Rotem Hatuel set up a dramatic 2: 2 in the 91st minute. In the 97th minute, Itamar Shabiru thought he had scored a winning goal and ran to celebrate, but the goal was disqualified on a controversial claim to the dissident and BS had to settle for a point.
