Cycle 26 ended 03/16/2024
Maccabi Petah Tikva
3:0
(15) George
(61) Micah
(88, own goal) Shahar
Beitar Jerusalem
Summary: Maccabi Petah Tikva - Beitar Jerusalem 3:0/Sport1
Even before the 0:3 victory yesterday (Saturday) at Petah Tikva, Beitar Jerusalem had gone through three games under Barak Itzhaki with a draw and two losses without even being able to score a goal. At the same time, the ability won the coach and his players compliments. There were those who laughed at it , but when Beitar fans feel something good they support, and the 8,000 people who filled every corner of the stadium yesterday were Beitar's strength along with the optimism and adherence to the path of the professional team
. One point out of nine, she needs to lower her profile today and see how she arrives ready for the lower playoffs, where any loss can seriously complicate you given the fact that she is only 3 points above the red line.
Barak Itzhaki as a player was a kind of fantasist. That's what Beitar fans loved about him , some still see him as such as a coach as well.
They like the pressure, pouncing on every ball and the desire to look at teams in the whites of the eyes.
It's a different kind of passion.
At the same time, with this method and way there will also be bad times and difficult crises where the support of the audience will be measured.
There is something to build on.
Beitar Jerusalem celebrates/Ariel Shalom
Regarding yesterday's approach, Itzhaki said: "We knew that Maccabi Petah Tikva is a very brave team that plays and moves from behind with the goalkeeper and under pressure, and we managed to apply the pressure well. When we stole the balls we were already in the box. We worked on it and I'm happy that it is also bearing fruit, everyone believes On the way and the points will give more drive."
Itzhaki chose to give credit to Myron George in the lineup.
Here credit must also be given to Almog Cohen, who in the first week at Beitar demanded to deepen the shell, to add a nutritionist and another physiotherapist, to set goals that seemed a bit illusory according to which this staff is able to increase the pace significantly, press for 90 minutes and run much more. George Yard Close to 4 kilos during this period and very attentive to the demands. The intense training sessions, some of them double, were initially too much for him. Some of them he did not finish or finished with pain, but slowly he adapts to the rhythm and suddenly there is a striker for Beitar Jerusalem.
In general, the Almog Cohen-Yitzchaki combination is the story.
The two see football in a similar way but do not always agree and know how to compromise, in some place they complement each other where needed and this is very important in a club with a lot of expectations, pressure and noise like Beitar Jerusalem. They will be measured over time, whether they succeed or not we will not know later , but it is indeed a very interesting and special professional team.
Micah's generation is the story of Idan Barak Itzhaki. It's no secret that Yossi Aboksis didn't want Micah with Shua in Beitar, he wanted a player on the right wing and Micah was a kind of anchor for Barak Abramov.
Some will say that Aboxis missed Micah, but the credit should also be given to Yitzchak who picked him up and of course to Micah himself.
In the end this is his career and livelihood, and as soon as the coach was replaced he had to find himself - otherwise at the end of the season his stock would be in free fall.
He saw this opportunity with Yitzhak as a chance to keep his career alive, and took it with both hands.
The one who does it the least is Fred Friday, on the chance he doesn't take Myron George pounces at this point.
Beitar will still win and lose, there is a high probability that it will remain in the league, but looking ahead its future will stand or fall on the patience of the owner and the audience. The owner will have to give the team the appropriate budgets for the shell and the squad, the audience will have to understand that time is needed to build something real and stable, and that probably Worth the wait.
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Taking the chance with both hands.
Micah/Ariel Shalom
Ismaila Soro, who was injured in the thigh muscle, said at the end that he feels good and believes that in a few days he will be fit.
By the way, while some of the players rushed to the bus or car at the end, Soro stood outside for fifteen minutes, signed and took pictures until the last of the children, when the manager Eliran Danin had to call him because the bus was about to leave.
Soro answered him: "But what about the children? A few more minutes."
In the end he pulled as hard as he could.
The person before the player.
Captain Ofir Kriaf, who replaced Soro in the second half, received compliments from the team at the end for his work in the center of the field and it seems that after the whole story of the game minutes and the contract for next season, the captain is back to business.
Oral Daghani, who did not agree to waive his contract for next season, is not expected to receive minutes at this stage.
Timo Mozzi is still not starting in the lineup as part of his recovery process from the injury.
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