Guy Ben Ziv
Betar Jerusalem players celebrate with David Dego (Itzik Belnitsky)
How many waited in Betar Jerusalem for the atmosphere in Teddy with the fans, who last night (Sunday) came back and gave a display in the stands no less good than the players on the field, in a game that ended in a dramatic 1: 2 over Hapoel Kfar Saba and kept the team from the capital The lock of the regular season.
“With our crowd we were with another 15 points,” he said Rose Age At the end of the game and there seems to be something in the captain’s stuff. Betar managed to come back from a very early delay due to the support of the crowd that pushed the players throughout the game. Everyone already knows the calculations for the top playoffs, but at the moment Betar will focus only on the cup game against Ashdod on Wednesday, if the team of Slobodan Drapic and Shai Barda manages to get through a stage in the cup, there may finally be a feeling that something good can happen to the team. From the trophy you will bring everyone back to the sad reality that has accompanied the team since the beginning of the season. “If we do not beat Ashdod on Wednesday, we will not do anything,” said a source at the club.
After the game, Betar continued to count the injured. Eliran Atar was injured during the game and was replaced, so he may not be fit for Ashdod, while Niko Olsk probably finished the season due to an ankle fracture. Uriel Degani is still injured and Marko Jankovic was also not in the squad yesterday due to injury. With all this, there are no excuses against Ashdod on Wednesday – Betar must win to keep itself alive this season.
The fans received Betar fighting, playing well and making a comeback, while Ofir Krieff, Idan Vered and Eliran Atar continued to rake in compliments. Krieff, who is growing this season as an excellent stopper, covers Degani’s absence and Betar says that after Degani returns from injury, the Krieff and Degani duo will be the brakes until the end of the season.
There was extraordinary joy in the locker room because Betar was finally getting some peace and victory. After David Dego’s goal the whole bench burst into the grass, when it was evident that a lot of pressure had been released. The team was happy that Dego won to score a winning goal for the team and now only pray for continuity. Meanwhile, tickets for the cup game against Ashdod are expected to be snatched within a few hours, Drapich and Barda have two days to prepare the team for one game that will determine the continuation of the season.
The presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday in Teddy should not be a problem for Betar Jerusalem. Betar says that they complied with all the rules, the announcer did not announce the arrival of the prime minister, no posters were distributed in the stadium or pictures on the prime minister’s stadium screen, while Netanyahu did not go down to the grass or the locker room. “He was like any other fan in the stands,” said Betar.
