Hapoel KP has opened the season back to the optimistic league, showed good ability and gained points • The air is over for them fast and with inexperienced staff and a low budget on Saturday against Maccabi Tel Aviv is just hoping to return home without sinking too deep
Hapoel KP players. Just to come home safely
Photo:
Bernie Erdov
At the beginning of the season there was unanimity that Hapoel KP plays attractive football. Even if Ophir Haim's team did not achieve such good results, most of the time the football was beautiful, probably in relation to a new national from the national.
In the last few cycles it has completely disappeared, and KP has returned to look like a national team, so it is hard to see the Greens succeed in surprising the Maccabi Tel Aviv champion tomorrow in a game that opens the 16th cycle.
There are quite a few reasons that have caused KP to suffer a significant drop in ability, but the main reason is solely related to the roster being built there in the summer.
KP coach Ophir Haim has had to settle for a list of inexperienced players in the Premier League, with a sparse bench of qualities so that if senior players are injured - Sudik Atanda and Spring Solomon in the last two months and now doubtful to sit down - they have no substitutes.
Furthermore, if the CCP has a non-fit car player, there are not too many options to replace it, so there is no competition for the lineup. The best example of this is Benjamin Coco. The striker, who scored 12 goals nationally last season, is a partner in all games And started in 14 cycles, but did not find the net even once, and his drought lasts 1,453 minutes without golf.
Ofir Haim. Had to settle for a list of inexperienced players in the Premier League // Photo: Bernie Ardov
In the pre-season Toto Cup Coco displayed good ability, but he lost confidence. "The simplest things do not go to him," they say in Kfar Saba. "His two-three goals are the difference between us and a place in the top playoffs."
In the victory over Hapoel Haifa Coco was given the opportunity to break the barrier and conquer the Pendel, but missed and will probably be released in January. And yet, there is a chance it will open in the lineup on Saturday.
What is the difference between KP's staff and those of the other subgroups? The answer is, of course, financial. The KP players' salary budget is estimated at NIS 5 million, low in the league, most of its foreigners earn around EUR 60-50,000 per season, and when those were the restrictions in the summer , The team has reached mid-season with almost no oxygen. The owner, Isaac Garlic, probably won't like it, but if he wants to survive in the league, he probably won't have a choice but to open his pocket during the transfer window that will come soon.
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