Doron Ben Dor and Rei Shani
Sakhnin players (Radad Jabara)
Bnei Sakhnin, who is mainly busy with the survival struggles of the Premier League, will be available tonight (Tuesday 18:00) in Doha for a cup game against Nordia Jerusalem in order not to stumble and advance to the quarterfinals. Throughout the last few days, the message that chairman Muhammad Abu Yunis wanted to convey was not to lighten the head of the opponent and not to be surprised in front of a team that will come from a lower league and try to become Cinderella.
Coach Sharon Mimar will rotate the team. According to practice, a number of players such as goalkeeper Mahmoud Kandil, captain Ali Othman, Ataa Jaber and striker Osama Khalaila will rest and sit on the bench. In place of Kandil, goalkeeper Rami Hamada will open. Hagai Goldenberg will play in the right defensive position and the one who will return to the left defensive position will be Ihab Shami.
Ihab Ghanaim, Biram Kiel and Moti Bershetsky will play in the link, and in the front will play Hod, Ismail Ryan, Dean Kelly and Nigel Hasselbink. In Sakhnin, where the atmosphere changed from end to end after the victory against Hapoel Tel Aviv, they are aware of the need for rotation in order to reach the peak of the league game this weekend against Maccabi Petah Tikva: “We have a good enough team to pass Nordia Jerusalem. “Try to sting us with passing attacks and it is no less important that we start winning in our home,” the team said.
Estimated composition: Rami Hamada, Hagai Goldenberg, Lucas Spendelhofer, Maron Gantos, Ihab Shami, Ihab Ghanaim, Biram Kiel, Moti Bershetsky, Nigel Hasselbaink, Ismail Ryan and Dean Kelly.
Excitement in Nordia, Victor Ganish: “I believe”
On the other hand, Nordia Jerusalem will try to create a huge sensation and be the big Cinderella of the eighth stage of the state cup final, as it is the only team from the first division to reach this stage in the factory and somehow make a real history when it is the highest round reached by the yellow and yellow fan group since its establishment in April 2014. The Jerusalemites are ranked sixth (out of 9) in the second house of League A South and as things stand they will not compete this year for promotion to the National League, although they are in a very good period in the league and already count 4 games without a loss when in three they even won.
Coach AS Nordia Jerusalem, Victor Ganish, Told ONE ahead of the meeting of the extremes: “The balance of power is clear. Sakhnin is a team from the Premier League and the very fact that we reached the quarterfinals is a great achievement for the club. We are making excellent preparation, we have just finished training and we are leaving for a hotel in Haifa. There is great excitement among the management and fans, this is a historic rise of the club to the quarterfinals. As an athlete and former footballer I always believe, and in football there are always surprises. We will come as humble as we come in the league, and we will do everything to be Cinderella. “
