Betar Jerusalem will play tomorrow, which arouses renewed interest each time, and will meet Hapoel Tel Aviv at Bloomfield Stadium (20:45). The yellow and blacks will come to the game with a push of more than 7,000 fans.
Ahead of the game, team coach Erwin Koeman was interviewed and said: "We had a good training week, I'm very happy about it, but I have to perform on the pitch. I'm full of confidence in my team. Of course it's a big blow that Mahias will not play "With injuries to several players, but in any case, we can look for excuses, but there are no excuses from the moment the game starts tomorrow."
On the rivalry against Hapoel Tel Aviv and the atmosphere, he added: "Games against a team we know, and of course we talk about this game all week, but in the end like I said - we have to show up tomorrow and we have to show that we want to fight 95 minutes. "We have to make stupid mistakes and fouls. We have to be smart and find smart and creative ways to attack. I am full of confidence for tomorrow's game."
On the Israeli league and the Israeli player said: "This is a very physical league. Each team can compete with a different team, we saw it yesterday too. It is a league that is difficult to play in, because there are a lot of fights during the game, the Israeli player is a fan of dribbles, I do not "In my way, you have to play with the ball and move, there is no problem from time to time, but you see it in other teams and also in me, who do too many dribbles, but it's a good league."
Betar fans in training on Friday, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Edwin Jassi, who also came to the group's trip from the capital, said of his adaptation to the club and the city: "I feel very good here, from the first day the team were good to me, and received me well.
I had to work hard to get back to the level I was used to, and now we are here and waiting for good results. "
On the game tomorrow: "I'm trying to prepare for every game the same, obviously it's like a big 'derby' for us, so there's a little more motivation for us. But like the coach said, we need to stay focused on the pitch and do our job and I'm sure it's fine.
On the Israeli league, he added: "Indeed it is a physical league, if I have to compare it to the Dutch league. A nice league to play in. I am waiting for tomorrow, always waiting, always ready."
