Hapoel Be’er Sheva goes up tonight (Thursday, 22:00, Sport4) for a match against Lech Poznan, a week after the 0:0 between them in Poland. The two are fighting for second place in Group C in the Conference League, with Poland currently the champion with four points, while the Israeli Cup holder with only two and looking for a first win.
Eliniv Barda has an extremely short squad at his disposal, in light of the injuries to Ramzi Spuri and Or Dadia. Andre Martins, Roy Gordana and Aviv Solomon did not register for Europe, Adrien Fawn and Or Belorian arrived later and they also could not register, thus Beer Sheva currently has 16 mature field players and three goalkeepers. That is why five youth players were added to the squad. Iyad Abu Abid, who was in doubt, was placed as a right defender and Rotem Hatuel and Tomer Hamed also returned to the lineup.
The guest is recently recovering after a bad start to the season and has not conceded in its last four games in all competitions, although it has also scored only one goal in the last three. Pedro Rabucho replaced Barry Douglas, who started last week and was injured, in the left back position. Giorgi Tsitaishvili, the Georgian who was born in Rishon Lezion when his father Clementi played in Israel, received the team shirt after scoring the winning goal in the 0:1 win over Radom in the league.
The games that will remain
October 27:
Villarreal – Hapoel Beer Sheva
Austria Vienna – go to Poznan
November 3:
Hapoel Beer Sheva – Austria Vienna
Go to Poznan – Villarreal