Hapoel Tel Aviv striker, who was supposed to be the team's goal scorer this season, has not been hurt since joining in September - and the club is already thinking of alternatives • From tonight's game (20:15) against Maccabi Netanya until next month's transfer window, he will be closely monitored by the professional team

• Kamara. "A good game or two - and every thought about it will change"

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  Alan Shaver

Lots of expectations were from Demba Kamara when he signed at Hapoel Tel Aviv in September. The Reds, who will be staying with Maccabi Netanya tonight, believed that the striker was the right player to upgrade their weak attack, which would add strength and speed, and above all goals, but Kamara has not yet paid bills.

In Kamara's eight games in the Reds' lineup, he scored just 2 goals - both with 11-yard penalty kicks. "You can't say about Kamara that he doesn't work, he works, but it's not a player who will give expatriates," the club said. "Kamara can get in good shape and the ball will take him off the bench, instead of kicking.

Hapoel Tel Aviv officials say that if the team wants to stay safe and perhaps dream of the top playoffs, it will have to release Kamara in January. Behind the scenes, Khodorov Complex is already working on an alternative plan to find a pioneer in his place, regardless of Michael Olha's expected arrival. "A striker is a lot of confidence," they say in the club, "at the moment things are not going well for him, but if he gives one or two big games the whole thought about him will change."

Kamara's opportunity will start tonight against Maccabi Netanya and will continue until the transfer window opens, and if he does not improve his ability and score goals, he said, it could be cut next month. Meanwhile, coach Nir Klinger is expected to continue with the lineup that won her room last week. The connection from Buzaglo will continue to be absent due to the kissing illness.

In the ranks of Netanya, coach Slobodan Drapits is expected to continue with most of the lineup that ended in a draw against Maccabi Tel Aviv, with one exception, with Carm Jaber returning to the lineup and replacing Muhammad Zabidat. "We are no longer with our backs to the wall and looking up, which is a game we will measure as a team," Netanya said. Pioneer Patos in Chirai will continue to be absent due to injury.