After quite a few changes in the squad, a new coach and a confrontation between Moshe celebrating and La Familia that lasted for many weeks, Betar Jerusalem will officially open its season tomorrow (Sunday) in a game against Hapoel BS Teddy.
The team held the concluding training today ahead of the meeting, even before that the team coach, Erwin Koeman spoke at the traditional press conference.
On the feelings ahead of the first game: "I feel good. Glad we are starting, it was a long pre-season, 7-8 weeks. We are already looking forward to starting the season against BS at our home. I hope to see a lot of fans support us because we "We need them. We had a difficult week, that's why we need the crowd behind us."
Koeman added: "Every team starts from 0, it's simple. A lot of strange things happen in football, but for us it is especially important that we have the right attitude, that we show the fans that we want to win the game and that we came to compete with them (Beer Sheva) on an equal footing. "We know we have some injured players and we still do not have the acquisition players because they are in isolation, but the team must be ready for Sunday, we are ready to fight for this game."
On the opponent: "I saw them last week in a stadium (in the Europa League qualifiers) against the team from Cyprus. They have a wide squad, 25 good, technical and strong players. We know it will be a difficult game, but we must get the right approach and fight and obviously we will try to win. "Our goal. We have a good game plan, we need our discipline and our fans."