Yossi Mizrahi: "The atmosphere in Betar Jerusalem is wrong" | Israel Today

In the midst of one of the most difficult crises in the club's history, Betar Jerusalem will host Hapoel Tel Aviv tomorrow (Monday, 20:30) at the Teddy Stadium for a game in the 19th round of the Premier League.

"In football there are never any excuses. Even if you come up with young people, referees according to the results, no one is interested in the situation of Betar or other factors, only according to the results, the players need to understand that," said coach Yossi Mizrahi. She is vocal and everything is fine?

No, the atmosphere is not right.

The players and the whole team here make a living from Betar Jerusalem and that your livelihood is in the fog, it bothers people.

On the game tomorrow, the coach added: "Every week you face rivals who have no worries in their heads, only football in their heads. I am actually quite pleased with the progress in terms of commitment, except for the game against Ashdod. We were organized (in recent games), we looked like a team, but we must To accumulate points, Betar must accumulate points, we have not won for a long time and we must do it. "

At the end of his speech, Mizrahi addressed the team's fans: "Without the crowd we are worth nothing, if the crowd does not come and shoot the players during this difficult time, but not 2,000 people, Teddy should be tomorrow with 12-15 thousand fans, who come at this difficult time, "This group. The group is not in an easy situation, neither professionally nor mentally, and here is the X Factor of our audience that can lead us to other heights."

Huja, Photo: Courtesy of Betar Jerusalem

David Huja added: "The situation is not simple, we are aware of what is happening, we are united and very much together, we try to disconnect ourselves, Yossi helps us to disconnect, we want to tackle the grass. It's hard, it's the first time I've experienced it, but it's A new challenge, both the veteran players, also Yossi, we have a club and responsibility for it, and we will deal with it as best we can.

"The game is very important, we have to collect points, our rivals lost points this week, it's important to us, we need the crowd with us, give it our all and take it two hundred percent. Our crowd is the best in the country, when he is with us he is worth points, we need "That morning with us. He supports us and they will come tomorrow and encourage us strongly."

The late Major Ofek Aharon, Photo: Courtesy of Betar Jerusalem

Meanwhile, tomorrow before the game, a ceremony will be held in memory of the late Major Ofek Aharon, an IDF soldier who was killed 11 days ago during security operations in the Jordan Valley. Ofek, who was a Betar Jerusalem fan, came from a Betar family and inspected the fields Quite a bit. The family of the late Ofek will go up to the lawn, in order to receive the love from the Betar crowd during these difficult days, in a ceremony that will take place between the warm-up and the opening of the game.

His extended family, teammates and also soldiers from Egoz Company were invited to the game and will come to honor his memory.

Also, fans of the team will deploy a large sign prepared by them in their memory in the eastern stand, which will be empty due to the radius penalty.

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