Guy Ben Ziv 16/02/2021 07:29
Ural Degani removed (Oren Ben Hakon)
The loss of Betar Jerusalem last night (Monday) 3: 0 to Maccabi Haifa brought the players of Slobodan Drapic and Shai Barda back to the sad reality of the team this season. It is possible that the euphoria after the victory over Maccabi Netanya and the superlatives that showered on the players, hampered the preparations for the game against the leader of the table.
One can complain and blame the corona eruption in the team, but the loss was exactly similar to the team’s loss and ability against the same Maccabi Haifa in the first round, so there was no corona eruption in Betar, as a source at the club explains: It could be that two games against Maccabi Haifa can end in a score of 7 or 8, it’s embarrassing, the gaps between the staffs are huge, there were moments in both the first round and yesterday that it looked like graduates against youth. Idan Vered sacrificed himself, but needs more leaders for the group. ”
The only bright spot in the game was the appearance of Itamar Nitzan In whose own hands he prevented a severe defeat. The goalkeeper described the feelings the day after the loss to Maccabi Haifa: “We made mistakes that were punished for them, after the red it was already a lost game and we tried to hold on as much as possible, we do not have too much time to mourn, we are face to face. We have to get up very quickly, it is an unpleasant feeling to lose like this to Maccabi Haifa. We have three games missing, we will try to get as many points as possible in order to stick to the top so that we have a chance to get to the top. ”
It is important to note that while the red card was being drawn for Uriel Degani, there was a verbal argument between the Betar bench and the Maccabi Haifa bench. Betar complained to the Maccabi Haifa bench about their intervention and influence on the refereeing and that they do not restrain their players. Degani will be absent from Sakhnin and on Wednesday it is hoped that the court will consider the situation of the team and will not aggravate the sentence with Eliran Atar.
Betar now remains to hope that January’s strengthening with Marko Jankovic and Nico Olsk will change the team’s situation, along with hoping to get his Maoists into playing shape as soon as possible, a player who on paper was a promise in the summer and has yet to play a single minute this season. Nico Olsk is due to leave isolation and join the team’s training and may be on the squad for the game against Sakhnin on Thursday.
Santiago Occupos, who is unable to adapt professionally at Betar, ended up staying with the team and was not loaned out in the January transfer window, even though Drapic and Barda do not really own him. One of the questions that arose at the end of the game was why a player that the coaches wanted to release two and a half weeks ago, was developed in the squad.
