Not for the first time this season Bnei Sakhnin claim discrimination by the referee, at the end of last night’s loss (Wednesday) 1: 0 to Hapoel Tel Aviv the claims were against the referee, Erez Papir who at first only for Pendel to win Sakhnin overtime, but with the VAR intervention he disqualified him.
The club said: “We were robbed. There was a penalty, there was no need to go and check on VAR. However, there was a hand touch afterwards and they did not even call the referee to check. Hapoel Tel Aviv should thank VAR.”
With the final whistle, Mahmoud Kandil approached Judge Papir and slapped him: “There was a penalty.” Nigel Hasselbaink was shocked that he did not receive a penalty: “I was caught in a shirt.” Beyond the arguments against the refereeing there was a big disappointment following the result: “On paper it was supposed to be an easy game, but the early goal complicated the game.”
Moti Bershetsky, who wanted revenge on the ex, was unfocused. He had ten turnovers in 57 minutes of play. Even the defenders, Muhammad Othman and Ihab whose mother were not at their best and were inaccurate in the last action.
Sakhnin’s problem was in putting the balls to the strikers, the team recorded only three key passes (one accurate), compared to six of Hapoel Tel Aviv who mostly defended. Osama Khalayla does not get a supply of balls and had to leave the field to be in the game. Last night he was replaced in the 72nd minute .
In Sakhnin, a purchase list is already being compiled, with Eid Habashi and David Aqua mentioned among the names. The club are interested in adding a left-back, a brake and an attacking player.
The Colombian stopper, Osvaldo Henriques was out of the squad and is on his way out. The Nigerian defender, Ikwam Otin is not a partner and Sakhnin is optimistic that Maccabi Haifa will help find him a team in January.