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Who determined that Betar is important to the league? | Israel Today

2022-01-28T06:41:10.617Z


Betar Jerusalem was humiliated by Hapoel Tel Aviv in Teddy and is the weakest team in the league, so is it so bad that it will go down? Five myths that need to be broken


1. Politicians will not let her down.

I remember days when the YMCA stadium or Teddy Stadium was the "playground" of the politicians on the right. , Yehoshua Matza, Roni Bar-On, Avigdor Lieberman and others.

For example Chaim Corfu, Matza or Ruby Rivlin.

As long as Betar was a successful team that brings degrees, they circled around like bees. A game was a social event that was a must, like a center member's wedding.

Today, Betar lacks political power. Teddy Kollek built a stadium in the city, but Kollek died a long time ago, and most of the politicians we mentioned no longer belong to the Likud's popular political camp. Nir Barkat as mayor tried to interest businessmen in buying the group,

2. Betar will only play after Shabbat.

Let's be honest: traveling to Teddy's game is not a fun experience, especially when it takes place at eight or nine in the evening on a weekday, and even on Saturday.

The traffic jams at the entrance to and within the city, the remote parking lots, the cold in the winter, the slow entrances at the gates - all these keep fans away from the games.

Parents of children and fans of the team who live in Petah Tikva, Holon or Rehovot, and there are many, will not agree that their children will return home from Teddy at night when there is a school the next day. , And half supports.

Betar prefers to leave the situation as it is, and lose the supportive crowd. The children of the more secular fans will already go to encourage other groups.     

3. An Arab will not play in Betar.

Perhaps the most toxic cliché, which ultimately distances any normative businessman from touching the club.

As long as the situation is maintained, at least in the adult group, and films like "Pure Forever" about La Familia (which has gained international acclaim) will be Betar's identification tag, it will remain rejected and marked, attractive only to charlatans trying to make a round of self-promotion.

The hypocrisy of the club is evident, as in the young divisions Arab players do play, but as long as their public exposure is nil, it passes.

Professionally, Betar is, of course, the biggest loser in the league by virtue of boycotting Arabs on the roster. A quick look at the teams of the leaders in the Premier League, Maccabi Haifa and Beer Sheva, shows how vital they are.

By the way, assuming that Betar will one day decide to add an Arab player, I want to see who will agree to pay this heavy personal price.

4. Yossi Mizrahi is the last to turn off the light.

In many congregations around the world, as soon as they recognize the approaching death, a priest is brought into the room as well.

Yossi Mizrahi is the pastor of Betar. He is in the room, folding his hands, and praying with a tormented face for the well-being of the deceased in the next world, but on Tuesday evening it became clear that the pastor also decided to go home.

After fleeing from her, on her own initiative, Roni Levy and Yossi Benyon, significant and serious football anchors, Betar turned to the worlds of romantic folklore. For all sorts of reasons, including health, he's well past his peak, and yet Ohana dropped him to sit on this burning barrel of dust. The dam that threatens to collapse, to some extent, Koeman may be responsible for rescuing Jordan from devastation and loss of way, but at some point he realized that in order not to return to the Netherlands in the closet, he had better take off and announce his retirement from football training.

5. Betar Jerusalem is important to the league.

As it looks and manages, Betar is not important to the league at all.

This is an image damage to itself and a fatal blow to the brand of the league director, which is already faltering due to other far-reaching problems, which we will get to soon.

The concept of flagships of Israeli football has disintegrated over the years.

Hapoel Petah Tikva was important to the league, as was Hakoach Raj and even Hapoel Balfouria.

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Netanya, two that are really important to the league, have been relegated several times in recent decades, and still Gideon Tish and Oded Makhanes got up in the morning and managed to lace up their shoes. Betar was relegated as well.

The one who made sure to do that was the city rival Hapoel, with a winning goal in a derby at the YMCA. The world stopped, but only for a moment - and continued on its way. Eli Ohana returned from Belgium to play with Betar in the second division, went up with it and won the championship.

It was a piece of repair.

Without repair, Betar will not survive, as its youth group is also in danger of declining.

Betar must make a move that has made, with great success, Rahmana Litzlen, Hapoel Jerusalem, which started out as Hapoel Katamon in the third division and has been promoted to the Premier League this season. Although it is one point less than Betar at the moment, Money is guaranteed from a serious sponsor, a coach who believes in the Orthodox level and a strong Likud in the locker room.

Betar has a caring and quality audience, some of whom built Betar Nordia, but the project was halted due to aligning with the sick ethos in Beit Vagan.

Betar is important, but the league will do without it, as it did without others. If it wants to save itself, Betar must break everything and start from scratch, even at the cost of relegation.

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