Bnei Yehuda is still in last place in the Premier League. The 1: 1 against Betar Jerusalem last night (Thursday) left it in 14th place in the Premier League with only 22 points and a lot of problems in the offensive part, but the Oranges somehow returned quite satisfied to the Hatikva neighborhood, when they showed good ability in the capital, threatened the host goal And they were even disappointed several times against Itamar Nitzan.
But given the fact that it was a game of being or ceasing for Betar in its battle for the top playoffs, there is no doubt that this is a result that could to some extent satisfy the team of Yossi Aboksis who said the last word at Teddy Stadium with an equalizer by George Pucciba In the 74th minute.
While the golden defense did its job again and withstood the pressure of Betar’s attacks, the visitors in Jerusalem got stuck in the attack again, when Niv Zrihan failed to subdue Nitzan and Shai Mazor missed big, but after Eliran Atar’s goal in the 57th minute, Bnei Yehuda’s American midfielder Determine the outcome of the game and give our coach and his teammates a precious point as part of their war for survival.
Despite the feeling of missing out on the victory that could have come with better decision-making at the front, Bnei Yehuda were also pleased with the attitude and fighting presented by the players, in contrast to the poor display in this respect to say the least in the loss to Maccabi Netanya. In doing so, they hope to continue against Maccabi Haifa on Sunday, with the return of the crowd to Bloomfield, and in general, to accumulate points that will keep them in the league.
But at the same time as Teddy’s game, before and after, the team dealt with the goalkeeping change, when Barak Levy started the season for the first time between the posts in place of Omar Niron, and for the first time in four and a half years in the Premier League. According to practice in concluding training, Aboksis considered a replacement in a position that has not changed at all this season, when the club decided to go for Niraon with all his might and promote him as the first goalkeeper when he was 20, and also performed it.
In addition, Niron has been sensitive to hamstring in recent games, so it was decided to allow him to rest to fully recover and not risk him with a more serious injury, and Shahar Amsalem was Teddy’s second goalkeeper, while Levy got his renewed chance on the front of the stage. “A net professional decision,” Abacus grinned at the end of the game when asked about the shock in the position, and now it will be interesting to see what happens in the next game after Neroon gets the rest he is talking about.
By the way, even before leaving for Jerusalem, about 20 of the team’s fans, who continued their protest this week in front of Barak Abramov’s house, arrived in the Hatikva neighborhood to push the players as they boarded the team bus. They begged them to beat Betar, lit an orange smoke grenade and one of them also got on the bus to hit Torah with the players.
On another issue, while Matthias Liovic returned to play after recovering from Corona and even cooked for Pucciba the equalizer, Thambi Segs also returned to the Aboksis squad, who also got back Amit Zanti who also came in as a substitute, and Amir Rustom was left out of the squad. Ahead of Maccabi Haifa, the team will also try to train Muhammad Gadir, so that he can return to the squad.