A hard blow to Hapoel Beer Sheva. Roni Levy’s team is unable to emerge from the deep crisis it found itself in just before the end of the regular season, after losing 1: 0 last night (Sunday) to Hapoel Tel Aviv. In doing so, Beer Sheva ranks only sixth and will most likely not be dependent on itself in the battle for entry into the top playoffs. Now it must achieve two victories in the two remaining games, against Maccabi Petah Tikva and Bnei Yehuda and hope that Kiryat Shmona, Hapoel Haifa and Betar Jerusalem will lose points in the remaining games.
Just like after the game against Kiryat Shmona, the club was outraged at the refereeing team led by Daniel Bar Natan, for handing out a direct red card to Marcelo Mali unjustly for their claim and certainly for disqualifying a legal goal by Hatem Abdel Hamid in extra time. It turns out Shevar Natan went with the decision of screen referee Eli Hachmon, who announced in connection that the goal was scored from a different position after Anthony Varen interrupted the goalkeeper. According to the rules of the Judges’ Union, once the screen judge confirms that he was different, Bar Natan is not allowed to examine the matter in a position.
“Shame and disgrace, the referees want to dismantle an entire club,” they said in despair at the club, “Alona invests millions and in the end one referee comes with a hallucinatory decision without judgment. It feels like we are being marked. They rule out a legal goal and a red card for dessert. It is not possible for every game to have frivolity in refereeing decisions, rushing to draw indiscriminately and it is just insane. Even the red that Marcelo Mali received should not have been drawn. But how do you invent a difference at such a time of season? “A place in the playoffs? There is a lot of money at stake here and every time another referee comes to steal the show.”
The anger and nerves that were in Turner after Bar Natan’s whistle flowed as expected quickly into the locker room hallway. As in Kiryat Shmona, even after Hapoel Tel Aviv, the team’s players and club members harshly criticized the referees, emphasizing Eli Hachmon and Hakwon, who determined that this was a goal from a different position. Alhamid, who was sent off after the whistle and disqualified from his debut goal, raged in the hallway and knocked on the referee’s door and it could complicate January’s glittering acquisition in court.
“A player who rises by 40% as a competitor, endangers his health because of the hunger to win games and reach achievements and then weak referees come, disqualify him and the goal club is very important and he must not protest about it,” he said angrily. Alhamid In an Instagram post he added: “Stop thinking you’re above the game you’re just referees no more! Football is our whole life, you have to understand that, disgrace.” Both captains Miguel Vitor and Louis Taha also posted an angry post. Alhamid will want a suspension only if the association’s prosecutor decides to prosecute him, and in Be’er Sheva they hope he will not be sent off exactly as in the case of Nir Klinger who was sent off after the game against Maccabi Haifa but stood on the lines last night.
Feelings of discrimination at the end of the game also drew angry reactions from the team’s fans against Bar Natan and Hachmon. The fans flooded the posts with Alona Barkat to put an end to the recent failures in the refereeing decisions against the team and to respond. “The referees beat us every time and no one responds. Look at Maccabi Netanya, Kiryat Shmona, Hapoel Haifa, everyone is not afraid and criticizes the referees. When you let them guide you without reacting and going against, it will continue to happen more and more,” said one of the fans on social media . The club are debating whether to come out as a buffer against the referees’ union, but on the other hand know that the angry reactions of the players (Joshua, Alhamid) at the end complicate their way of defending.
Either way, the loss puts Roni Levy’s team very welcome in everything to do with securing the top playoff spot. For the people of Be’er Sheva, it is clear that the lower playoffs will be a huge failure. Roni Levy, who has just arrived, cannot be blamed for the situation, as can Aliniv Barda, who temporarily coached the team after the resignation of Yossi Aboksis. Be’er Sheva is currently in the top playoffs, but if Kiryat Shmona wins its missing game, it will pass and Roni Levy will not be dependent on himself.
If Beer Sheva does not finish in the top playoffs, it will be a severe economic blow that it is not clear how it will affect Alona Barkat’s investment next season. The ticket to Europe was the main goal after being relegated from the Cup, as the recent European campaign justified the importance of the ticket. In addition, the branding of the club will be harmed, since in Be’er Sheva they know very well how important the tradition of performances in European factories is. “It will be a very hard blow, in the blackest dreams we never imagined we would be out of the top playoffs,” the team said.
The two remaining games for Be’er Sheva as mentioned are against Maccabi Petah Tikva, which has already won it in the first round, and against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv of the ex Yossi Aboksis. If Roni Levy can be encouraged in anything, it’s the return of a number of injured players. Farley Rosa made a debut and showed some sparks, Elton Acultasa and Cynthia Sallich got minutes after a long time but seem to have quite a bit of rust to remove. Or Dadia, Sean Goldberg, Mariano Briero and Eitan Ratzon will continue to be absent, Marwan Kabha who was not included in the squad will also be missing due to his anemia problem.
In another matter, Hapoel Beer Sheva is also thinking about the next season in parallel with the entry into the top playoff. One of the names that came up recently is Maccabi Petah Tikva striker Thai Baribo, who ends his contract at the end of the season and becomes a free agent. The club follows the young striker, whose family is a fan of the team and even held a number of subscribers to the Beer Sheva games at Toto Turner until recently. The fact that Baribo becomes a free agent in the summer makes things easier, but his representatives continue to look for a team abroad.