Sometimes it feels that in order for Hapoel Be'er Sheva to conquer this season, it must make a substitution.
Eliniv Barda's team has difficulty scoring in almost the entire composition, as the coach tries to place his strongest 11 at the beginning of each game.
9 of the 16 goals scored by Beer Sheva in the league were scored by players who came off the bench.
Above all, Rotem Hatuel stars in this category, three of the four goals he has scored so far came when he came off the bench.
He is, as of now, also the team's top scorer this season, but in half of the games he did not start at all.
With only four goals in the first half, the professional team strives for a change in the second half, when this problem is also reflected in Europe.
In the Conference League, 7 of the 11 goals scored by the team this season came from substitutes.
Here too Hatuel is the team's top scorer with 5 goals, all from the bench.
Elyaniv Barda.
Breaking the head in almost every half, photo: Danny Maron
"We have a hard time starting games strong," admitted in the capital of the Negev.
"Like any big team, as time goes by without scoring, it becomes more difficult and teams defend against us. But you also have to see the positive side, and that is that players who come off the bench change the game. This means that there is a good and wide squad that can do the job."
As mentioned, Beer Sheva starts the games badly and then chases the opponent, luckily they manage to conquer and come back, but not in all cases.
In fact, Eliniv Barda's team led only twice this season in eight games in the league.
When that happened, they also defeated Beitar Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin.
In the other six games, Beer Sheva fell behind, and twice managed to make a turnaround and beat Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Netanya.
In the capital of the Negev, they explain that behind the data there are also professional problems, such as the transitions between Europe and the league, something that other teams in the country also have difficulty with, as well as significant injuries such as that of the midfielder Ramsey Spori who was absent in the last few games.
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