It's been six years that the Hapoel Be'er Sheva fans have been waiting for the distant Doha Stadium, it's been six years that we've been coming back from there frustrated because the team just can't win.
Yesterday (Wednesday) this Nachas period ended, Hapoel Beer Sheva finally managed to slaughter the black sheep.
Around 150-200 fans made the way to the cold north yesterday, with the fear of another postponement accompanying them.
But the line from the rich repertoire of the fans' songs: "In the cup, in the league, in any field and in any weather" is the one that led them and made them overcome their fears.
One can of course understand the fans who chose not to come to Sakhnin yesterday, nevertheless the game was played on a weekday, late and in difficult weather.
But those who did travel, got to see the team play an excellent game.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva fans in Doha.
See the first victory there from 2017, photo: Maor Alxalsi
The team controlled most of the minutes of the game, moved the ball with a touch and reached a large number of situations that should have made this encounter much easier.
But bad luck along with another good ability of Sakhnin goalkeeper Gad Amos, turned the game into another evening of hard battle as our last games were characterized by.
It ended again only with a small 0:1 but this small one will be big, it was a huge victory!
The players of Hapoel Beer Sheva are proving their uncompromising character this year, in the image and likeness of the legendary captain and the young and talented coach Eliniv Barda.
Yesterday's victory is even more impressive in light of the fact that we went up without a number of leading players.
Ramzi Spuri underwent surgery and will be out for a while, Shagib Yehezkel is injured and Shafi Sulaimanov who completed his ban yesterday and will return to play on Saturday.
But those who did play yesterday, gave everything on the field.
The middle was strong, the defense held up well and the attack, which still needs to refine itself, at least reached a good number of situations as mentioned.
In the context of the last link, I want to congratulate Eugene Ansa.
The player plays all season knowing that he may and may be released.
It's hard for the fans to digest him, but recently he comes to every game, conquers, cooks, presses and creates situations.
Ansa may not be the greatest scorer who played in Israel to say the least, but his speed advantage and improvement in decision-making led him to become one of the team's significant players.
And that's even before his exciting connection to the audience.
Great, great, I'll try!
Eugene I will try.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva earned it back, photo: Maor Alxalsi
From Patrick Kalimela, the new acquisition striker, it is still difficult to be really impressed since he did not play much.
Despite this, he seems to have nice touches on the ball, he knows how to keep it and if he gets enough balls into the box, he will also translate them into goals.
Despite the great victory, Hapoel Be'er Sheva must know how to kill games and not let its many and devoted fans deal with the pressure for long minutes.
She must score the second and third goals that will make us watch most phases of the game with ease.
We don't care about these things every week.
The return from Sakhnin was even happier in light of the news about Maccabi Haifa's loss of points against Hadera.
Which led us to reduce the gap from first place to two points.
The road is still long and this journey will be difficult.
But the team shows character and ability, along with the best goal difference balance in the league after Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Our dressing room is happy and cohesive, we have male players and a coach who is a winner.
It is hard to know how this season will end, but it is possible and even desirable to enjoy the journey.
Elyaniv Barda.
Winner, photo: Maor Alxalsi
Finally, it is impossible not to refer to the scandal of the red card that was not drawn yesterday for Sakhnin.
A foul was committed on Aden Shamir that could have sent him to rehabilitation for several months, but the referee who was nearby didn't even think it was worth a second yellow.
Where was the VAR?
How many times Hapoel Be'er Sheva was punished with a direct red card this year for the same offense?
shame.
The referees' union - the refuser of self-criticism, must account for this instead of attacking the football clubs for legitimate criticism.
What the hell are they doing there?
were we wrong
We will fix it!
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