"Israel Today" has learned that Betar YM coach's contract will be renewed if the team reaches Europe, but even if it fails, there is a desire to continue • "Today everyone understands why Benyun insisted only on Roni this summer, we have a European-level coach "They said at the club

• Ronnie Levy celebrates, last night at Turner

  Photography:

  Alan Shaver

"Today everyone understands why Yossi Benyun insisted only on Roni Levy in the summer. We have a European-level coach," say Betar Jerusalem, who climbed to third place on Hapoel Beer Sheva's account last night, approaching up to 5 points from the second in the Maccabi Haifa table.

Israel Today has learned that Betar Jerusalem coach Roni Levy has a clause in his contract that if he qualifies with the team for Europe, his contract will be renewed at the end of the season, but according to club officials, even if the team fails and fails to take second or third place , Chances are he will continue in the team.

Owner Moshe Hogg last night expressed great satisfaction with what the team looks like in recent times and the way it goes, and all the credit he gives to Yossi Benayon and Ronnie Levy, who built a strong and competitive group in the capital: Tonight we saw how this whole process is intensifying and growing, "he said at the end of the game last night.

The owner added: "Our team is in excellent shape, with the face forward, and a great opportunity to stick to the top. We are only in the first round of the second round opening, when we still have a lot of quality goals ahead of them. There is a team being built here, and today showed a regular game , Attractive and excellent against one of the strongest teams in the country. Nobody will have any mistakes, we beat a quality team, where we never won a league, with a football game that could easily end in a higher score.

So true, we missed out, but we'll work on that. This is the place to note those responsible for this change, the professional team led by Yossi Benion and Roni Levy, who are doing a great job. They are the first to arrive, to be involved, to be close to the players and to continuously improve them. Our relationship is excellent and I believe we will all together take Betar to beautiful places.

Azulay receives love from his friends last night at Turner // Photo: Alan Shiber

The team praised striker Shlomi Azulai, who at the end of the game the crowd called his name after conquering the victory, but also missed good opportunities to score. "Shlomi is a very talented player, as far as I'm concerned, he is one of the 3 best pioneers in the country and I am a little underestimated," said Ronnie Levy, cynically referring to his team's many misses. "What do the players say after the misses? Curse them. They scream at them and they scream for themselves. Need to say and keep going, a player who misses being angry with himself.

Defender Shai Constantine said of Turner's victory: "We thought we would win here, it's a lot of fun, but move on, next week we already have Rashab in the Cup. Part of the game is to miss but I believe in our offensive players and I believe they will bring us back. We didn't have a mental barrier against the big ones, we proved that we can achieve those results with big ones too and I believe we will continue to do so in the future as well. When I didn't play I didn't lower my head and the results came. I had a good game with Conte, the coach decides what is best for the team and I will continue to do the job on the best side.