Great despair at Hapoel Beer Sheva. In front of 750 disappointed Reds, Roni Levy’s team looked like the shadow of themselves and became even more entangled when they finished last night (Sunday) in a horribly weak 0-0 draw in the colony against Maccabi Petah Tikva. The trophy holder recorded a figure that explains her entire last period – 0 kicks per frame every 90 minutes. In doing so, Be’er Sheva is still ranked seventh with 34 points, just like Maccabi Netanya is sixth (it has a better goal difference) and if it wants a top playoff it must beat Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv this weekend and hope to lose points of the diamonds in Sami Ofer.
“With such ability, we do not deserve to be in the top playoff,” they said in Be’er Sheva. “Getting to a game like this is important, knowing that a win can give us the ticket to the playoffs and show it’s frustrating. The players looked like their own shadow, it was one whole break. “We come from Be’er Sheva to see such a weak ability. This is not the level that will be next season at Hapoel Beer Sheva, there will be a lot of changes,” they added.
The capital of the Negev remained embarrassed due to the ability of the team, which fails to win more than half a round (7 rounds without a win). Roni Levy’s trainees did not get into situations at all and did not stop losing balls in any area of the field in front of owner Alona Barkat. Roni Levy was very angry at halftime about the players when it came to accuracy and concentration, but he expected something to change in the second half but it did not happen. One could see the coach very frustrated throughout the game, nervous and today he sure knows he has a lot of work ahead of the summer.
Regardless of whether the team qualifies for the top playoffs, it seems that this summer Alona Barkat will make many changes and quite a few players will pay the price even if they have a contract for next season. Barkat’s goals for next season are completely different from the goals set at the beginning of the current season and she understands that in order to put together a strong and competitive team she will have to make a lot of changes. Barkat also saw such a weak ability in the Yossi Aboksis era, especially against Sakhnin and Hadera, and she also understands that the players’ material is not good enough.
Roni Levy is already forming an opinion on most of the squad players for next season. On the one hand he knows that there are good players who can play much better, but there are big professional gaps regarding a lot of other players. “Roni understands that apart from Joshua, Ezekiel and a few others, there is not enough quality that will be good enough for the high levels, both in terms of football and in terms of character and resilience,” the club said. “There’s nothing to do, you have to admit it. There are players who don’t know how to pass or stop a simple ball.” The coach knows that in order to balance the team for next season, he will have to strengthen the team in almost every position on the field, with an emphasis on linking and defense. Anorthosis midfielder Dor Micha and Hibernian goalkeeper Ophir Marciano may be the first acquisition players of the summer.
As for last night’s game, Levy was discouraged by the amount of losses his players lost, with an emphasis on Farley Rosa and Cynthia Sallich who still look rusty. During the last meetings the coach asked the players to play calmly and not to rush, but it did not help. Levy scolded his players in the middle of the game and also at the end, when the players were quite shocked and did not have too many explanations. “The shouts are coming to us, we have not been able to make a single move of football,” players said.
A team claim that the return of the crowd made its impact, pushing on the one hand but pushing the players from the other side in simple actions, but for the professional team it is not an excuse at all. Both foreign substitutes Jonathan Agudello and Elton Accultasa have managed to make a difference from the bench, with the Dutchman not at all like the same player who starred in the same stadium only in the Europa League. Ecoletta seems to have gained a few pounds since signing with the team last January and perhaps that implies his ability before and after the injury.
Marcelo Mali, Hatem ‘Abd al-Hamid and Joshua stood out in their absence, with the Argentine returning to the squad in the decisive game against Bnei Yehuda and ex Yossi Aboksis. The pair of first-team defenders, Sean Goldberg and Or Dadia, have returned to practice with the team but it will take them a few more weeks. Brakeman Louis Taha suffered from dizziness following a collision with a Petah Tikva player and was replaced in the first half by Amit Bitton, who returned to play in the brake position. Taha does not go to the hospital and a story that he feels better, but will be examined today for reassurance.