Betar Jerusalem continues preparations for the derby against Hapoel Jerusalem on Sunday (20:30). Dozens of the team's fans came to a training session held today to support the players ahead of the critical game.
Team coach
Yossi Mizrahi
said after training: "I do not so much want to address the matter of the derby because of our situation in the table. I think it is a game on 6 points, it is a game regardless of the derby, which adds more extra tension and extra pressure, this brings us to a state of War has no choice.We have to come and play like a bottom team plays and we do not internalize it.
"If we want to take points, we can not play great football, but a lot of heart and soul. Add the element of the derby, which is a celebration in Jerusalem, which has been waiting a long time, and the result is that there will be a war on Sunday.
"The crowd must understand that we are in a very difficult time and that we owe his support because the future of the club lies here on the shoulders. Not only in this game, but until the end of the season. The crowd so far is doing a great job here. At our level to the level of the audience.
"There is no favorite in this game, there is a perfectly balanced game, between a team that is in good momentum and a team in negative momentum, which is us. But momentum also changes in one day."
Shua in training, Photo: Courtesy of Betar Jerusalem
Striker
Jordan Shoa
added: "On a personal level it feels very fun for me to score goals and look good, but as long as the team is in an unpleasant situation, it does not matter so much. We need to return to the winning streak and regain confidence.
"The players on the team do not comment on what is happening outside and want to continue to win, to show what Betar is really worth.
We are not in a realistic place, we had a lot of bad luck and mistakes along the way, but we will surely go up the king's road and bring the victories.
"The Betar crowd is amazing, he's the craziest and happiest I've ever met, and they can throw us into the sky, but we need him with us on the pitch.
In a derby, he can give us a crazy atmosphere. "
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