After two losses in the opening rounds, Hapoel Tel Aviv will host Betar and its coach, Nir Klinger, ready: "The players know the importance" • Elias: "We are very excited all the players and wait a lot of time for it, training is not like a game"
Klinger.
Ready for Betar
Photography:
Danny Maron
With 2 losses in the 2 opening rounds of the league, Hapoel Tel Aviv will host Betar Jerusalem tomorrow (Saturday, 19:50) in a game in which a loss will greatly increase the pressure threshold for the Reds.
The team, which has not known peace for several years, has gone through quite a bit in recent weeks when the focus of events was the great tension between the management and the players against the background of the club captains' decision to take the players to a retroactive squad, which has been resolved in recent days.
About 200 fans of the team came to the concluding training this morning and encouraged the players while at the same time continued to protest against the Nisnov brothers from whom they demand to sell the team.
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Ahead of the intriguing meeting tomorrow, the team organized a trip to which Nir Klinger and midfielder Shai Elias arrived.
Two and a half weeks we did everything possible within the possibilities of course according to the rules to get the players in shape including 2 training games.
The group is ready and alert.
The whole club and especially the team and players know the importance of this game even in light of our bad start.
Playing with a well-known rivalry as against Beitar should elevate us to the level of motivation and readiness.
We feel good about the players and prefer to talk as little as possible. "
Elias with Altman. Hapoel is looking for first points // Photo: Alan Shiber
Klinger added: "I think the crowd that came gave a huge boost to the players. It was important and good and puts even those who do not know the rivalry into the game. Everyone understands that they will have to give their heart and soul on the field and we are all one unit Good
Young midfielder Shai Elias added about his coach: "We are very excited all the players and wait a long time for it, training is not like a game and all the players are waiting to get on the grass. It is burning in everyone. A game against Betar is never another game. In other games.
Prepare normally in terms of tactics but obviously it is not a game like any game and I hope we will succeed in winning.
A long time the crowd was not on the pitches and it was fun that the crowd came to practice.
We are eagerly waiting for them to return to the pitches. "
