Barak Itzhaki is introduced as the new coach of Beitar Jerusalem with Barak Abramov, Almog Cohen/photo: Shlomi Gabai. Video editing: Nir Chen
Idan Almog Cohen and Barak Itzhaki in Beitar Jerusalem will start today (Tuesday) with a meeting of players, double training and a lot of energy whose role is to get the team out of the situation it found itself in, when it is ahead of the red line by only a point. Beitar does not look far and concentrates only on the next game Against Maccabi Netanya, a spicy encounter for Almog Cohen.
Although Netanya lost five consecutive games and was defeated yesterday 5:1 by Maccabi Tel Aviv, the team said: "It will be a very difficult game. It was not for nothing that Barak Itzhaki spoke about the crowd yesterday, there are many problems but in our situation the support of the crowd can be our most important card to stay in the league".
Yesterday it turned out that half an hour after Beitar's loss to Sakhnin, while Yitzhak was acting as a commentator, Almog Cohen contacted him and called him to come to a meeting to close. The two met around midnight and concluded in principle his joining the club, when all that remained was to officially close the contract between the editors The trial the next day - which was delayed for more than a day until yesterday afternoon.
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After Beitar defined the situation as an emergency, there is a desire to harness all the players of the squad to the task. Oral Degani and Ofir Kariaf, whose playing minutes were limited due to the contracts they hold and the reluctance to commit to them next season, are expected to be called to talks in an attempt to find a solution. A solution may be found Regarding the options in their contracts for next season.
In Dagani's case, if he doesn't continue at Beitar, he will have to be compensated with 3 salaries, so the club said that "in the current situation, everything is put aside. Whoever wants to be here, to fight for the club and for his career, we will find The solutions are in front of him."
Barak Itzhaki will hold personal meetings this week, get to know the players, and together with Almog Cohen, they will study the current Beitar - as much as they can. Itzhaki spoke yesterday at the press conference about the goal of the loss in extra time in Sakhnin and said: "There were 7-8 Sakhnin players on the field and only 5 of Beitar, it can't be."
The new coach will learn that Beitar has conceded many similar goals this season and in the current situation he will have to get something else out of the players in order for things to change, or as the players said: "Abuxis and after that Gal Cohen talked about these goals in meetings and we continue to absorb them in the last minutes - and not only in them.
It embarrasses us as players."
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