Itzik towards | 14/02/2021 07:01
Rotem Hatuel celebrates with Aliniv Barda (Omri Stein)
A big miss at Hapoel Beer Sheva. Aliniv Barda’s team wanted to continue the momentum after the victory over Hapoel Kfar Saba, but lost a promising 2: 0 advantage and ended yesterday (Saturday) in a disappointing 2: 2 draw, just like in the first round. Luckily, M.S. Ashdod (with a missing game) failed to take advantage of the stumble and the gap from third place remains 4 points.
“We came out huge suckers,” they said in Be’er Sheva, “We opened the game in a great way despite all the deductions. We had to finish this game in the first half, but we missed like rookies. With a little more concentration the result was different. We come out of this game in bad taste because “We are losing valuable points in the battle for a good place in the top playoffs and a ticket to Europe. It is not an excuse, but there is a huge challenge to get by without so many significant players who have proved their importance so far.”
Hapoel Beer Sheva’s miss to return from Sami Ofer with 3 points flooded more than anything the need of the team with certainty for the position of team coach. Aliniv Barda so far will continue to take Be’er Sheva on his shoulders along with Maor Melikson and he has updated Alona Barkat regarding his final decision. Breda for his part will coach the team as long as he needs to as a system man, but he is determined to stay as an assistant coach until he is mature enough, or to focus rather on his future role as a professional manager.
There is heavy pressure on owner Alona Barkat to put an end and close the saga around the coach who will take the reins until the end of the season and Barkat, who is very undecided, will soon make a final decision on the matter. Sharon Mimar, who agrees to reach a leading candidate by the end of the season, like Roni Levy and Marco Belbul, who are demanding a contract for a season and a half.
The club refuted the claims of the Hapoel Haifa team for a technical victory because of the participation of David Keltins yesterday. According to the Football Association’s website, on the eve of the game, David Keltins had four yellow cards, while the yellow card against Maccabi Netanya in the first round was not entered on the association’s portal. “We did all the tests before the game and received unequivocal confirmation that Keltins can play,” they said in Be’er Sheva. Club general manager Asi Rahamim was aware of the matter and received a telephone confirmation from the director of the association’s legal department claiming that the number of yellows entered on the association’s portal is what determines.
In terms of professional ability, Aliniv Barda was very pleased with the ability of his trainees especially in the first half, where they reached a lot of comfortable valley situations. Breda saw the decline in the second half, decided to change lineup and refresh the lines, but from that moment the dynamics in the game also changed due to his lack of experience as head coach.
Also, Barda is facing a particularly lacking squad, without Elton Acultasa, Joshua, Miguel Vitor, Cynthia Sallich and Sean Goldberg, all critical car players. “The injuries in the team do not make sense, the team that came up yesterday is a completely patchwork team, once everyone returns, in addition to Hatem and Rossa, it will look completely different,” the team said.
The new purchase that Gib Yehezkel made was a good performance overall, although he could have conquered and repaid his first bill in the first place. In Be’er Sheva, they were pleased with the depth game that Ezekiel added to the front, when the cooperation between him and Rotem Hatuel and Tomer Yosefi was very good in the opinion of the professional team. The team complimented Hatuel and Yosefi on the great goals scored by the two, who recently recovered from Corona and are still not fit to play claiming they have no air to run beyond the half, which can be seen as one of the side effects of Corona recovering athletes. David Keltins who is in a great period also won compliments, along with Marcelo Mali who got tired in the second half.
At the same time, Be’er Sheva were very disappointed with the ability of the back players in the last third of the game. The performance of Louis Taha and Eitan Ratzon collapsed with the first goal of Hapoel Haifa, which brought the red-blacks back into the game. “We absorbed goals that were too soft, we left a lot of space for Hapoel Haifa to return to the game,” said one of the players. The professional team repelled criticism of the brakeman Eitan Ratzon who did not cover William Agada equally well enough, “Eitan does a great job and he was thrown into the water after hardly playing, he will still be wrong and we have to help him be better,” they said in Be’er Sheva.
If missing the victory is not enough, right-back Or Dadia was added to the long list of injured yesterday. After Sean Goldberg was injured in the warm-up for the game against MS. Ashdod last week, the right-back is also sitting for the near future following a shoulder dislocation. This is another blow to Be’er Sheva and it is likely that in the upcoming games, David Keltins will fill Or Dadia’s place. “No words, just unlucky. Every game we lose a different car player,” the team said.
Ahead of the upcoming game on Sunday against Maccabi Tel Aviv as part of the eighth round of the State Football Cup, the medical team will try to train at least Miguel Vitor and Elton Acultasa. Cynthia Sallich and Sean Goldberg will continue to be absent for the next few weeks. The club are hoping that new signings Farley Rosa and especially Hatem Abdelhamid have come out of isolation subject to a negative test result. Due to the amount of injuries in the defensive part, Hatem ‘Abd al-Hamid may start in the cup.
In another matter, Alona Barkat continues to work hard on building the team for next season. After negotiations with Hapoel Kfar Saba regarding Aviv Solomon were blown up, Barkat is expected to close his arrival of the left defender soon at the beginning of next season. This week in Be’er Sheva, they sat down with Solomon’s agent, Adam Kidan, with the aim of signing him on a long-term contract, with a free transfer without consideration, since it ends his contract this summer.
