Maor Rahmani 01/02/2021 07:09
Ben Bitton and Dan Einbinder (Radad Jabara)
Instead of taking advantage of the momentum after the prestigious and critical victory over Betar Jerusalem in Teddy and finally rising above the red line, Hapoel Tel Aviv is still stuck under it, after the dramatic 1: 1 last night (Sunday) against Urbani Kiryat Shmona, when Nir’s team Klinger failed to maintain the advantage in overtime and lost two precious points with her own hands.
After leading from the 61st minute, when Ofek Bitton scored his first goal in the red in his 11th appearance and received compliments from the club, the Klinger players were absorbed in the 94th minute by Abdullah Khaliel, and sent back to the Khodorov complex to work on a few more shortcomings in the game. Their, and address repeated falls in money-time.
In Bloomfield, Klinger did not know his soul out of rage. The Hapoel Tel Aviv coach was stunned when he saw Ernestas Shtakos’ net move, and threw his coat on the pitch. He caught his face unbelievably at the sight of his eyes, as did his players, some lying on the grass and recovering only a few minutes later. Even before that, Gil Yitzhak was nervous after he was replaced, and even kicked in the chair in the stands, after he was replaced and did not shake Klinger’s hand.
In the locker room, the coach was furious with his players and wondered, “How do you absorb like that in overtime, how? I can’t figure it out.” The group tried to change a disc right after that, and talked mostly on the positive side, as much as possible: “We want to die, but we do not have the time and privilege to mourn and waste time on bass and stuff like that. Can’t afford it. It hurts because it was dramatic “But he reflected the game at the end. We have to stay focused for the next game and not sink, now it’s in front of Hadera.”
“We just lose points, everyone is finished after a game like this,” said players at Hapoel Tel Aviv. “It’s no longer a laugh, it hurts, no one on the outside can understand the feeling of losing a victory like that. Instead of fighting like animals and not letting them get close to the field at all, certainly not putting in free balls, we made a mistake due to lack of concentration and gave them a gift. If we plant like this in front of Hadera, our problem will only grow. “
“We are very frustrated with the game, disappointed, it hurts to get a goal at the last minute, but we will have to raise our heads towards Thursday. We will continue to fight, and take more points,” he said. Iyad Abu ‘Abid At the end of the game in Bloomfield, when the Reds will meet Hapoel Hadera for a direct battle, with the two teams locking the table.
“It’s hard, they feel suckers, frustrating, it’s impossible to describe the feeling after such equality, but do not fall into depression,” Hapoel said, trying to remain optimistic. “Hapoel at the beginning of the season would also have lost this game. It is true that it sucks, and it also happened to us against Hapoel Haifa and four more points would have lifted us up, we are at a good pace since the break. In our situation this point is also good.
“Because we’re thirsty for points it makes us react differently to every situation, in a different situation we would show more football after the advantage goal. When you lead. As time goes on the pressure goes up and instinct the players want to keep the result. Almost every game comes to change this trend, sometimes to the point of passing the time. Against Betar it worked, against KS it did not.
Meanwhile, Ofek Bitton Di won from the no-man’s-land last night and took the opportunity he got with both hands, when Shai Eisen practiced in the squad for the game, but suffered a strong blow to the ankle and was absent, even though Hapoel tried to train him. He took advantage of this to show off his talent. While Eisen’s ankle is still swollen, Hapoel will check whether he will be absent and for how long, while Eddie Gottlieb is expected to return for the direct match against Hapoel Hadera, and get the first minutes before his full return to the pitches, followed by Roi Zikri and Niv Serdel.
