The connection warmed up for the second game of the season in the Toto Cup against the sworn opponent (Monday, 21:00) • And also: Introduction to Tauta
Muhammad. A meeting with Hapoel Tel Aviv is always interesting
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Alan Shiver
Betar Jerusalem continues preparations for the second game of the season, against Hapoel Tel Aviv, tomorrow (Monday, 21:00) at Teddy Stadium.
As part of the preparation for the game, the team's coach, Roni Levy, was interviewed on the official website and said: "We had a short break and we got back to business. Tomorrow we have the Toto Cup game against Hapoel Tel Aviv. It is a very important game for us, and we want to win. We know the rivalry against Hapoel Tel Aviv, which is also something that is always important for the club and the crowd, we will do our best to win, play well and win. "
Team player Ali Muhammad added: "It's fun to start the league, we start with the Toto Cup, slowly we will get to the real thing. This is the home stage, and we need to get as many points as possible. We could have beaten Bnei Yehuda, but we ended in a draw. It was a good game, "We are waiting for the game against Hapoel Tel Aviv. It's like a derby, even though it's a friendly game against Hapoel it's like a derby. We hope to win the game against them."
Tauta. Not an easy hurdle // Photo: Courtesy of Betar Jerusalem
Meet: Albanian Tauta, Jerusalem's rival in the 1st round of the Europa League
In the draw for the 1st round of the Europa League, it was determined that Betar will play an away game against Tauta Dores (Albania). Betar starts the first round when it is ranked out of 47 possible teams, and returns to the European factories after about two seasons. The fourth and a pair of games against French side Saint-Etienne.
Betar's opponent is in the city of Dores, and plays its games at Nico Dubana Stadium. The club was founded in 1920 and previously won the national championship once, in the 1993/94 season. The team is the holder of the fresh Albanian Cup, when they finished the finals (two games). Last week after losing the first 2: 1 and beating the second 0: 2. She finished last season in fifth place, 13 points from first place.
The nickname of the group among the fans is "sea boys", because it is a town located on the beach and it is the second largest city in Albania. Tauta has been participating in European games since 1994 and although she is considered a team with a tradition in local football, she has never recorded major successes in European factories. Her record achievement in Europe stands at qualifying for the second qualifying round in 2002. Last year she was eliminated in the first round after losing in the game summary 3: 1 to Ventsples.
Tauta's senior player is Sheriff Klako, a 22-year-old Albanian midfielder who was the team's top scorer last season in the league with 14 goals, who left the team last week and moved on to play in Croatia. Another notable player is Alexandros Coros, a Greek-Albanian left-back who previously played for Panionios. Today the team made its first acquisition for the 2020/2021 season when it signed a striker named Aldrit Ushafi.