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Forget me at home: the parade of legionnaires who are experiencing a particularly bad season - voila! sport

2023-02-23T17:50:58.333Z


Almkays is floundering in the fourth division in Germany, Abu Hana hardly plays and Marciano spends time on the bench. Only Leidner can actually be optimistic


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The 2022/23 season in European leagues will end in about three months and it seems that there are some Israeli legionnaires who are just waiting for the end, so that they can start a new path right after it.

Some of them barely play, others do not live up to expectations and there are those who may have made decisions in the summer of 2022 that were simply not good.

We have gathered five Israeli footballers, all with appearances in Israel's senior national team, who would like this season to look completely different.

The diamond of Rothensteiner and Herzog still does not rise.

Almkeys (Photo: GettyImages, Soccrates Images)

Ilai Almakais

The fourth division in Germany, 14 appearances (722 minutes)

During the era of Rothensteiner Herzog in the Israel national team, the promising midfielder was called to the national uniform and also recorded 5 appearances and a goal.

But it did not mark the way forward for him and this season he is playing in the reserve team of Hoffenheim, in the fourth division in Germany.

Almkays has started most of the games this season, but this is certainly not where he wanted to be at the age of 22. After two consecutive relegations in the Netherlands (Dan Haah) and Austria (Admira) and a season in the Hoffenheim reserves, he is expected to finish his contract in the summer and he had better decide on the next step regarding his career , will be a right step.

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He made only 5 appearances in the Polish league this season, and in 3 of them he was defeated 3:0.

Abu Hana (Photo: Udi Tsitiat)

Joel Abu Hana

Polish League, 5 appearances (345 minutes)

Like Almkeys, Abu Hana was also a fairly regular member of the Israel national team during the Austrian era and like Almkeys - he too is suffering from an unsuccessful season.

The brakeman/left defender started the season in Belgium Warsaw and played 90 minutes in the third round in which the luxury team from the capital of Poland was defeated 3:0 by Krakowia Krakow.

Even before the summer transfer window closed, he was sent on loan to Lachia Gdańsk and he is not licking honey there either.

Abu Hana spends most of the time on the bench and he participates in only four games, in two of which Lachia was defeated 3:0.

In addition, he made two appearances in the Polish Cup.

Second goalkeeper last season to third goalkeeper this season.

Marciano on the left (Photo: GettyImages, Soccrates Images)

Ofir Marciano

Dutch league, 0 appearances

Last season, Marciano participated in 20 games in all formats in the Feyenoord uniform, mostly received criticism, but partly also left a positive impression.

This season his status deteriorated and he turned from second to third goalkeeper.

Even after Justin Baillo was injured, coach Erna Slott preferred the German Timon Wallenreuther and at the age of 33 it seems that after eight years in Europe, the road to Israel is getting shorter for him.

Even if he does not play until the end of the season, the goalkeeper who has made 41 appearances for the Israeli national team will be in great demand at home.

Without a team from the summer.

Asulin (photo: screenshot, from Instagram)

Guy Assolin

without a group

The retired prodigy has been out of business for many years and at the age of 31 this will no longer happen.

Assolin's last team was Unifomcia from the fourth division in Italy and that romance ended in the summer.

Since then he has been without a team.

Before that, he also moved to Crema from the same league and recorded a few minutes in the Romanian Poly Iash.

From time to time his name comes up in media outlets in Europe, who are trying to figure out where the promising boy who played in Barcelona B 13-14 years ago has gone.

After half a season in Olympiakos' reserves, Leidner can actually be optimistic (Photo: Udi Tsitiat)

Doron Leidner

Austrian League, 1 appearance (17 minutes)

Unlike the other players on the list, Leidner should use the remaining months until the end of the season to get back into business.

In Olympiakos he only played in the reserve team and in January Austria Vienna threw him a lifeline - after flirting with him in the summer only to get a negative answer from him.

Leidner sat on the bench in his first game in the purple uniform and came on as a substitute in the second.

Austria Wien has a promising left back who has been injured for a long time and the other options are unimpressive.

The prediction is that Leidner will be back in business, at least in terms of playing minutes.

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  • Joel Abu Hana

  • Guy Asulin

  • Doron Leidner

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