Hapoel Be'er Sheva will meet Romanian Craiova in the playoff stage of the Conference League, having achieved four victories up to this stage.
Eliniv Barda's apprentices face a difficult opponent, a team that is very difficult to crack in the home games, but on the other hand, very vulnerable in the away games - therefore the result of the first game will be important, with the aim of passing the decision to Toto Turner in Be'er Sheva.
BS players celebrating, photo: Alan Shiver
Craiova finished last season in third place in Romania, and started the current season in a disappointing way for them, getting 5 out of 12 points in four league games.
The veteran Romanian journalist, Daniel Nano, made himself available for a conversation with "Israel Hayom" ahead of the meeting that will be held in the city of Drovta-Torno Severin, since the field in Cariova is occupied for a rock concert that will be held on the evening of the match.
"The match will be held 110 km from Craiova, because an international music festival will be held in the stadium.
I think it is better for Hapoel Be'er Sheva because if the game was held in Craiova more than 25,000 fans would come.
In Tourno-Severin, the capacity of the stadium is 18,000.
In my estimation, there will be between 10,000-12,000 Romanian fans at the game, which is definitely good news for Hapoel Beer Sheva."
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He goes on to say: "Craiova has a number of dangerous players headed by Andrey Ivan, an offensive player of Romanian origin, ex-Kuban Krasnodar and Rapid Vienna, Albir Kulić who is an offensive player of Bosnian origin, and the Romanian midfielder Stefan Biaram. These are three players that coach Breda will definitely have to prepare for. "
The team's coach, Mirel Radui, who is also a former coach of the Romanian national team, started a psychological war before the double meeting and said about BS: "I was sure they would qualify.
I know them very well, they have a very good professional team.
They have very strong players and depth.
You won't see many chances they miss, so we have to be careful."
Merel Radoy.
Began the psychological war, photo: Craiova
Craiova's history is certainly impressive but many decades have passed since the team managed to do beautiful things in the continental arena.
In 1980, it eliminated Leeds United in the second round of the UEFA Cup, two years later it qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Cup (today's Champions League) and lost there to Bayern Munich. My hand is issued.
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