Doron Ben Dor 22/02/2021 19:04
Moti Bershetsky (Omri Stein)
Bnei Sakhnin will try to qualify tonight (Monday) at 19:45 for the eighth finals of the State Cup at the expense of Hapoel Hadera. Sakhnin, who will take a time-out from the bottom struggles in the league, will have to come up with a very lacking squad following injuries of players such as Biram Kiel, Yazan Nasser and Ali Othman, with Atta Jaber also injured, but will be on the bench.
The one who will get a chance as a left defender is Ekwam Otin, who was not in the squad in the 0-0 draw against Betar Jerusalem, while the one who will make his debut in the squad is the Austrian stopper Lucas Spendelhoffer. Meanwhile, striker Osama Khalaila will open on the bench.
Sakhnin composition: Mahmoud Kandil, Hagai Goldenberg, Maron Gantos, Lucas Spendelhofer, Ikwam Utin, Ihab Ghanaim, Muhammad Said, Moti Bershetsky, Moflah Shalata, Nigel Hasselbaink and Dayan Kelly.
Hadera composition: Adi Tabachnik, Ido Levy, Tal Kahila, Abdullah Jaber, Noam Cohen, Menashe Zelka, Tamir Glazer, Shalom Edri, Gustavo Marmentini, Liran Rotman and Oda Marshall.
Coach Avitan tried Commenting on the preparations, he said: “A cup game is important, but league games are more important. We have a list of injured players and we do not want to endanger anyone. Despite this, we aim and want to move on to the next stage. I told the players this is a chance to play more loosely and try to score goals. “It is important for us to smile a little and win in Doha, which will give us confidence in the league.”
On the array of three brakes that is not currently bringing any real results: “In the last game we played with four defensive players. Usually in my whole career I make adjustments in relation to the players we have. I think Lucas’ entry can help us later, it is important that we find the solutions going forward.”
