Guy Ben Ziv 22/02/2021 07:35
Jordan Shua Celebrates (Omri Stein)
“We did what we had to do, we do not forget what was here after Sakhnin and Maccabi Haifa,” a player in Betar Jerusalem concluded the Jerusalemites’ victory last night (Sunday) 0: 2 over Hapoel Acre from the national league. It was a required victory, Slobodan Drapic and Shai Barda are still concerned about the continuation of the games this season, especially from the health aspect and the fitness in which some of the players are.
The bright spots were Ofir Krieff and Uriel Degani in defense, Aviel Zargari in the link, Idan Vered and Yarden Shua in the corner. New foreigner Marko Jankovic will have to remove a lot of rust to get into things and his fans who first played in the team uniform said: “He is a talented player but will be measured in aggression, influencing the game, creating situations, scoring, there are enough quality players with the ball here.”
Ahead of the game against Maccabi Petah Tikva, Drapich and Barda will have to break their heads regarding the link center of the team. Nico Olsk is injured and could not play against Acre, Tamir Adi is also injured and Ali Muhammad has a hard time completing 90 minutes, Aviel Zargari pulls every game to the end with the rest of his strength.
According to estimates, Ofir Krieff will open at the link on Wednesday despite his great ability as a stopper in the last two games against Sakhnin and Acre. The one who will return to the squad and most likely open against Maccabi Petah Tikva is Eliran Atar, the team defines the next two games against Maccabi Petah Tikva and Beer Sheva as games that will mark where Betar is heading this season, an upper playoff or a lower playoff.
Antoine Conte landed in Israel on Friday and went into isolation, and he will leave the isolation later this week. The player will ask to come to Beit Vagan to try and talk to the club management about his desire to return to the squad. At the same time, as far as the club is concerned Conte has received the permit to return only to vacate his apartment and is not planned to be part of the staff.
