Betar Jerusalem is already counting the eighth game without a win out of the last nine, this time with a 2: 1 loss to MS Ashdod, a result that greatly shook the situation of coaches Slobodan Drapic and Shai Barda. Haifa can certainly end their journey in the club from the capital.
“There is nothing to do, football is a game of results,” said a source in Betar Jerusalem. “Their status is unstable at the moment, and they will have to provide receipts.” The huge disappointment from the loss is mainly due to Ashdod coming to the game with a patchwork team, but still managed to come out with three Points from Teddy Stadium.
A player on the team commented on the loss: “There is great misfortune from the start of the season and things do not connect well. Even today there were very big misses, and in the end we always pay the price. It is very frustrating, Drapich and Barda are good coaches and I hope they stay, luck should change sometime” .
“There is no such thing as bad luck for 12 games,” another player claimed. “There is no such thing. There is not much to add beyond.” Long after the game, a number of old and young players remained in the locker room, including Idan Vered, Eliran Atar, Itamar Nitzan, Ofir Krief, and they vented their frustration with the team’s situation and tried to find ways to get out of the crisis as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, in parallel with the situation of Drapich and Barda, he is hoping that the committee will approve the agreement with Sheikh Hamed bin Khalifa, so that early next week the first three million euros will go into the club’s coffers, with the aim of strengthening the team. “It is clear to everyone that the team is weak at the moment,” said a source at the club. “Certainly when Matusinio and Michael Ohana are still not in matters. But it is clear to everyone that the professional team must spend much more than the existing staff. At the moment, this is not happening.”
Due to the bad situation of Betar at the bottom, the club may recalculate the route regarding the purchase and try to go for a noble Omar and offer him a tempting offer, which will make him return for a second term in the capital, although currently the player is Maccabi Haifa. This is in light of the fact that he is currently missing a game in the center of the field. At the same time, Betar may go for young talents in the league, such as Dean David from Ashdod and Idan Nachmias from Kiryat Shmona.
