Nisu Avitan still keeps in touch with quite a few Hapoel Tel Aviv people, from whom he was fired just two months ago • Tonight (Sunday, 20:15) he will be staying with Hapoel Ra'anana, who is looking for a second consecutive victory and some breathing air

• Tried Avitan. "We had a good week"

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Two months and a half after being dismissed from Hapoel Tel Aviv, tonight (Sunday) to host (in Netanya, due to the radius), Avitan tried to ex-Axis as Hapoel Raanana's coach, trying to surprise with a win that would give his team some breathing room at the bottom and the road might spoil the Reds towards the top playoffs.

Anyone who thought Avitan would exaggerate his players because of the piquancy in the game against the team that fired him, or who uses terms of sports revenge, apparently does not know the coach. "We had a good week, we won (BSH, SHA) and also went to the quarterfinals, but don't forget we are still in the last place in the league," pleaded Avitan with his players. "We have to be alert, produce a continuum and take more points. Can make a shimmer and disappear. "

Avitan keeps in touch from time to time with the members of the professional staff who worked under him and remained in the work, but not only. He also speaks with Accountant Liran Mukhtar and in connection with Boaz resident, representative of one of the owners, Meir resident. Incidentally, thanks to the intervention of Boaz, a Hapoel resident, did not drag Avitan to legal proceedings after he was fired and moved to Raanana, and the group pays him the salary differential according to a contract he had in Khodorov and in contrast to the voices made by the other owners.

The only ones who have not spoken to Avitan since the layoffs are the Nissanov brothers, but even though the affair between the parties ended in jarring tones, the coach has not attacked them or messed with them in the media. "Don't try to fight wars," the coach explains, "if Itzik or Sharon come and shake his hand and talk to him, obviously they'll try to respect them."

Not everyone knows, but Avitan's future is still related to the Tel Aviv Reds. Why? Very simplistic that he has a contract in Hapoel for next season. This means that if Raanana, whose coach is signed until the end of the current season, will decide in the summer that she wants another coach, then Hapoel You will have to pay all of Avitan's salary for next season or come to terms with it.

Back to the game tonight. Raanana suffers from a lack of staff, as Yadin and Ben Binyamin are yellowed and Divin is wounded. Adi Namani is in pain and will be able to play with a shot, while Case Ghanem, who suffers from a groin strain, will be forced to sit on the bench due to the sparse roster. Itai Katsav, the youth group captain, is expected to premiere in the lineup.

At the host, coach Nir Klinger is debating between Raz Cohen and Emanuel Boateng, as well as the mother to open with Felipe Rodrigues. If the Uruguayan gets the credit at 11, Omri Altman may be relegated to the position of striker and Michael Olha will be disqualified.