Final preparations at Hapoel Kfar Saba ahead of the meeting with Hapoel Beer Sheva on Saturday at the Moshava Stadium. The team of Elisha Levy, who wants to forget the 3-0 defeat to Maccabi Haifa last Sunday, will reach a strengthened game after joining the young Omar Lakao and Timo Mozi this week. In addition, Kafas signed two more foreigners waiting to arrive at the end of the closure – the English midfielder, Jamie Hopkat, and the Kosovo national team midfielder, Florent Hassani.
Levy is expected to make three changes to the squad, when he will get back Sudik Atenda, who has recovered from an injury and will return straight to the 11th at the expense of Itai Schur. Omar Lakao will make a debut in the lineup in place of George Pucciba, who has been notified that he is not in the professional programs and has been asked to look for a new team. Omar Padida, who has not started in the squad for more than two months, will also receive the credit for the first time since the injury, while Raz Cohen will go down to the bench. Ben Reichert has not yet recovered from his clavicle dislocation and will be absent.
PSP, which has a three-point advantage over the red line, will be able to put pressure on its big rivals at the bottom – who will only play at the beginning of the week. It is important for us to return to the points accumulation route that we started excellently a few weeks ago. “A good team, very physical, but we come to take points,” Elisha Levy clarified.
On the last game of his team, the coach said: “Maccabi Haifa is a better team. But for our part we played less well. We allowed the opponent too many opportunities in front of the goal, and we had a hard time getting into situations, which did not characterize us in previous games. “Be more aggressive and reach conquest opportunities.”
The Greens coach also referred to the resurgent squad: “We are making every effort to complete the squad strengthening. After the signings of Shimkus, Lacao and Moose, we look forward to opening the skies to land two foreign players to replace players we have released.”
Waga Kizito, the king of Kfar Saba’s goals, added of the upcoming meeting: “We are preparing for this game as we have prepared for the last games. Our attitude has improved from the last game. I trust the professional team will prepare us for the best side so we can succeed and score points.”
Estimated composition: Itamar Israeli; Tom Shelach, Sudik Atanda, Omar Danino, Aviv Solomon; Domantas Shimkus, Omar Lakaw, Or Dassah; Omar Padida, William Kisito, Amado Sokona.