Drapich and Barda believe in him: "He has talent" • And the club is already fantasizing: "There could be the next Keltins" Every opportunity he gets: "A lot depends on him"
Zargari.
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Courtesy of Betar Jerusalem
Here is a partial to-do list for Slobodan Drapic and Shai Barda this season: to make Betar Jerusalem play attractive football, to be a factor in the fight for the championship title, to get Jordan Shua back, and to supervise Antoine Conte so that he does not get involved in other incidents. Okampus and Aviel Zargari, who are considered the future generation of the club and may start tonight in the squad against Hapoel Hadera.
The 18-year-old Ocampus and Zargari, who will celebrate next month, are the youngest players on the Jerusalem staff, who should be younger from year to year in accordance with the policy of owner Moshe Hogg.
But this time we will focus on Zargari, who in the concluding training session yesterday practiced intermittently in the team and even if he does not start at 11, he will get significant minutes as he was against Hapoel Tel Aviv, because there is a game load and Tamir Adi is injured.
If Drapich and Barda decide to give the young midfielder the keys in the 11th, this will be the second time that Zargari has started in the senior team, after doing so last year in a 2: 2 draw against Maccabi Haifa.
The pair of coaches are not afraid to give the "boy", who plays in the back contact position, the keys in the center of the field, but in the same breath they also do not want to put unnecessary pressure on him.
Before the two coaches signed with the team, there was a desire of the previous professional team (Yossi Benyon and Roni Levy) to sign a foreign back contact, but Drapich and Barda preferred a striker.
"Why not let Aviel Zargari play? He has talent and if he proves himself we will give him minutes to play," the two said in internal conversations at the club.
Zargari last year against Haifa. Keltins 2? // Photo: Berni Ardov
The mentor: Tal Ben Haim
This confidence does not come just like that.
Apart from the fact that Maccabi Netanya championed the promotion of young people, in their previous term in the capital, the coaches managed to take a young player, who trained around the field, gave him the credit and later even reached the Israeli team, and that is of course David Keltins.
By the way, last season's player, Dan Glazer, also burst into consciousness when he trained with them in Netanya.
"Zargari can be a Keltins story," 2 said at the club, "the owner believes in him, he has the coaches he needs but a lot will depend on him."
And if it depends on Zargari he knows that the fruits are harvested only by hard work.
His mentor is none other than Tal Ben-Haim, a master and exemplary example of hard work, who during the Corona period they conducted personal training together.
Shmulik Hanin, the former professional director of the youth department, made sure that the relationship practiced the most, and the player himself should continue on this path and embrace every opportunity with both hands.
The yellow-blacks will be missing tonight from his players, Glaofilo Haselbaink and Tamir Adi, who are suffering from injuries.
Shay Konstantin has not trained in recent days due to a minor ankle injury and may be out.
Captain Idan Vered, who came in as a substitute in the previous game, is expected to start in the squad.
Oren Bitton may replace Uri Magbo in the left defensive position.
Ben Chaim. Value with personal training zargs // Photo: Danny Maron
Hapoel Hadera.
Coach Sharon Mimar is debating the right-back position between Dia and Babidi, who returned from injury, and Noam Cohen.
The brakeman Tal Kahila, who signed this week, will be on the roster but is not expected to start in the squad.
"We are going to play a tough away game against a very quality team," said Mimar, adding: "We will have to raise our level compared to what we presented against KS in terms of both commitment and level of performance, in order to get out of this game with a good result."
Participated in the preparation of the article: Liav Nachmani