While Hapoel Beer Sheva has to digest the loss in this season’s game to Maccabi Haifa, a message was received this morning (Friday) in which they will have to deal with another significant drawback – striker Nikita Rokavica, who underwent an MRI on Tuesday, suffered a small tear in his back thigh muscle.
The meaning: The Australian will be absent in the pair of games against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the league and in the cup semi-final, and of course also against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the upcoming game in the Premier League, where the Reds from the Negev will try to recover from the loss this season.
Rokavica joins Itai Schechter and Sagiv Yehezkel, the two strikers who are absent due to injury, and the professional team is now dealing with the injury of another striker from the squad. As a result, it looks like Eugene Ansa will continue to get credit in the offing, with striker Case Ganem also returning from a long-term injury may also be taken into account.
Elyaniv Barda Said ahead of the game: “I had the hardest time sending the crowd disappointed, we have the next game, this is our chance to correct. The downside of Rokavica? I refer to those who played, you shoot the weapon you have, and whoever plays has to do the job. Need to talk about who played. I have to deal with the ability and not the errors of judgment, for that I need to pay attention. “The ability was not good enough, we are equal and we have already shown better football, and that is what needs to be done.”
On the deductions just before the important games, the coach said: “We have four injured strikers, but I want to address those who will play and those who play. It’s not just them in Be’er Sheva, injuries are part of football and are not used as an excuse. The players understand that we did not dare enough and we could have spent more on it. We’ve done next, we’re just looking at Hapoel Tel Aviv and getting ready for it. “A disappointing result, but we need the encouragement of the crowd and hope we can make the fans happy.”
On Case Ganem he said: “He looks great in training and works hard, he has already dressed in a game in Haifa and unfortunately with the developments it was not possible to combine him, but we may see him.”
Iyad Abu ‘Abid He said: “We came out of the game very disappointed, and not just because of the result. We expected it to be difficult, but need to know how to overcome such obstacles. We did not win this game, but we all think about the game first. These games have a higher pulse and more adrenaline, we came up with an orderly game method that we kept all week, unfortunately it did not develop as we wanted. We got a red at a critical minute, but we only think about Hapoel Tel Aviv and want to play the crowd. “
On the matchup against the Reds from Tel Aviv: “For me it is no longer a game, I felt very good there, it is a good team with character, they score a lot in the last minutes and do not give up, but only look at ourselves. The crowd is BS’s X Factor and I’m sure in Sunday’s game we will show good ability.