Summary: Beitar Jerusalem - Hapoel Hadera 1:0/Sport1
Beitar Jerusalem coach Barak Itzhaki was very worried about the game against Hapoel Hadera yesterday (Saturday), and he was not wrong. Hadera has been a stubborn team for some time that knows how to score points and does not allow too much space for its opponents. "R", but the team did not arrive sharp and determined enough to win. Players admitted at the end that "we knew that Khedra was better under Sylves, we knew they would close, but they close like concrete, it was a very difficult game that we did not find solutions and did not create situations to win".
15 thousand spectators at Teddy created a festive but also sleepy atmosphere. The positive period in the last month and a half brought the fans to expect to see a show and not a survival battle. Even when Hadera was leading, the pressure was that Beitar had to make a turnaround even though a point could have been so precious. The expectations are legitimate, Beitar has surprised since the arrival of Itzhaki, playing positive football, pressing, winning two consecutive games 0:3, but since yesterday they have all already Understand that the team is in a war of survival and only the points are what is interesting at this stage.
Beitar prepared for the closings of Hadera, but had great difficulty in doing so. Changes of positions, substitutions in the front part, switching to two strikers, Itzhaki tried everything but Hadera's defense closed well and kept the points. Itzhaki said at the end that "we will not look for excuses, we were not good enough to win the game We knew what kind of game awaited us, we prepared for it, but we weren't sharp enough and smart enough to win the game."
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Lower playoff table
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Hapoel Jerusalem
27
9
7
11
33-30
34
2
Hapoel Hadera
28
9
5
14
39-23
32
3
Maccabi Petah Tikva
27
8
6
13
49-31
30
4
Beitar Jerusalem
28
9
6
13
35-37
28
5
Maccabi Netanya
27
8
4
15
44-29
28
6
Hapoel Tel Aviv
28
6
10
12
40-30
27
7
tax. Ashdod
27
6
7
14
42-21
25
8
Hapoel Petah Tikva
28
3
12
13
41-22
21
Beitar now has 28 points, its players thanked Avi Rikan who left Hapoel Tel Aviv below her and we will wait to see what MS Ashdod will do tonight against Maccabi Netanya. 5 rounds to go, Beitar is strong in the battle for survival and already in the next game against Hapoel Petah Tikva will have to bring from other abilities and strengths in order to start and escape from the dangerous area. In the meantime, until the stay is guaranteed, all preparations for the next season will wait and the engagement with them will be postponed, at least at the staff level.