Michael Ohana moved to Betar Jerusalem in the summer and finished the season before it started • Ernestes Stakus and David Celtins made the opposite way to HAC and meanwhile are shuffling • Tonight in Toto Turner we will get together between the teams that made the big trade of the summer, and did not believe it will be the result

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  Photography:

  Alan Shaver

This summer's biggest league trade-off included Michael Ohana, Ernestes Staccus and David Celtins. Tonight at Turner we will get a bleak snapshot of this trade: a poorly fit goalkeeper, a young defender who moves between the bench and the lineup, and connected with a talent that went in return and ended the season due to a knee ligament rupture.

No one in Hapoel Hasharon and Betar Jerusalem thought that Stakus, Celtins and Ohana would be such a disappointment, for any of their reasons. Michael Ohana will be watching the game from the sidelines. To Turner, he was scheduled to return this season as a star of the Betar Jerusalem, with a completely different status than he had in the Negev capital, but the serious injury in the Toto Cup win over the ex-PSC, which forced him to undergo a knee surgery, changed him and all the yellows .

Already while Betar signed Ohana they knew they were taking a risk with him because he was just coming back from an injury, but Yossi Benayon and Ronnie Levy believed in him: "If Michael hadn't been injured he would have been the best player in the country today," said an official in the capital. , Just a second before the season opened, caused Betar to open the season with a possible nine points. "Until Ohana's injury we played the preparation games and the Toto Cup by another method, but after his injury we had to change the method," says a team member. "That injury hit the team."

In fact, Ronnie Levy changed his playing method just because he didn't have an ace like Ohana. BS has managed to repay its investment, received in return Stetkos and Celtins and in addition a good amount of money. But Stetkos is not fit and Celtins still has difficulty acclimating to the capital of the Negev. "Stetkos came as the best goalkeeper in the country, but when the whole team goes hard then he too is part of it." Told at the Southern Club.

Ohana (left) in the game where he finished the season // Photo: Alan Shaver

The court reports that despite his extensive experience that Tacos took the defeats he suffered in his national team, he withdrew 11 balls in two games against Portugal and admitted to his friends that it was an unpleasant experience, even for a small team like Lithuania. Along with not having an easy time in the team, Stacus also had an impact, but he is experienced enough to get out of it, "the group concluded.

Regarding Celtins, the repetitive pair of conversations with BS people is that it's a "good boy." Another duo is "a hard worker." In total, he only opened the lineup seven times and came in as a substitute for three more games. "He has more time to make the leap," he said at the club. Celtins is in the lineup for tonight's game against the team he grew up in (the first round played 10 minutes as a substitute), and it will be up to her to prove that his investment was worth it. Waiting on the bench.

A cease-fire in the stands

Hapoel fans in the last day gave a message to the team leaders that they will support the game tonight, following the protest last week after the loss to Maccabi Haifa. "The fans always support us and expect the results, and when they do not arrive then they are criticized," said coach Barak Bachar. "The criticism should always be respectable, but the fans will surely support us in front of Betar and help us win." Beyond that, Bachar will make changes to the lineup. The Niv Zaryan midfielder is in the 11th picture, an encouraging statistic for BS as he has conquered Betar duo for the past two years at Toto Turner meetings.

Stuck. In bad shape // Photo: Alan Shiber

On the other hand, Jerusalem Betar coach Roni Levy is not expected to make any major changes to the lineup. The defense squad, which scored 2 goals against Ashdod, has a debate between Or Zahavi and Tal Ben-Haim, who did not train regularly this week. To Antoine Conte's health condition.

Although the Frenchman has participated as usual in concluding training, he suffers from knee pain, and the group may prefer not to jeopardize and let Xi Constantine open. Tamir Adi and the era of the wounded rose will be absent. "This game is a very big test for us," the club said.