Along with the expectations that the American acquisition group will officially take over the club in the coming days, Hapoel Tel Aviv is in a bad professional period to say the least and will go up on Saturday (15:00, Sport 3) for a difficult away game against Hapoel Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium.
Defender Yahav Gorfinkel, who was ill the last few days, completed a full training session and if he does so tomorrow he may start in the lineup.
Goalkeeper Emilios Zubas may make his debut between the posts.
On the other hand, coach Haim Silves will miss the injured Stav Lemkin and Antoine Conte, who could not play due to a hamstring injury and received permission to fly to France due to a personal matter.
Before the game, the Reds held a meeting in which the new coach Haim Silves said: "The duty of execution is on us.
We need to talk to handle things effectively, but God forbid not at the expense of things on the grass.
We did our best and hope it's as good as it gets.
We have a tough game ahead of us against a good, high-quality team that isn't just where they are - but Hapoel Jerusalem will also have a tough time."
Sylves also added: "In the game against Ness Ziona there were moments with an incredible feeling on the field and the crowd carried us, but we had a difficult week and this is evident in the level of confidence and energy. These are not things that come together in a day. This is my job, that of the team and the players. I do not believe that we will be able to use Lemkin in the fall And we will also have to examine the fitness of Yahav Gorfinkel. The derby after Jerusalem? We don't have the privilege of watching a game that is not on Shabbat."
On the chance that Zovas will start on Saturday: "It's true that it's not obvious, but even Meshefti in Haifa didn't play for a long time and had to play. Physically, he's in business, I trust him and I'm going for it. In the situation that arose, we managed to upgrade in this position and we did it. I respect Very much Stefan Marinovich, sometimes in football things don't work out and that doesn't indicate his ability."
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Ready to sit down, photo: Yossi Zeliger
Zobas himself also came to Masa'at and added about his coach: "I am happy to join a big club like Hapoel Tel Aviv, the feeling is good.
Omri Altman told me a lot of good things about the club and I signed without any doubts.
I haven't played for a while, but I feel good and I was also in Israel for four years and I even know the stadiums.
IM ready.
I also spoke with Shtakos and he told me a lot of good things about Hapoel Tel Aviv.
We always want to win.
It starts with training and from there we will have to know how to bring the ability to the grass."
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