Benny Rayna will try to escape from the burning bottom in the away game that awaits the team tomorrow (Sunday, 20:30) against Hapoel Hadera. Reina with three points from the red line and her ambition will be to win to take another step to stay in the Premier League.
Based on the practice in the lineup, coach Sharon Mimer does not plan too many changes from the lineup that started in the draw in Doha against Bnei Sakhnin, except for one change in the midfield, when the young Louis Khilaf will start at the expense of Richard Boateng. Nayel Khotaba as a left back and Mufleh Shalata as a right back will start in defense, while Shlomi Azoulai and the team’s goal scorer Mark Costa will start on the wing. Gustavo Marmentini will continue in the link. Osama Halaila will wait for his chance from the bench.
Mimer Referring to the game, he said: “We are in time for a series of games that will determine whether we will succeed in the task or not. I hope we will continue the way we did before the break. The players understand the significance of the game against Hadera and I believe we will do the job to the best of our ability. We have a full squad.” .
Approximate composition: Eric Janko, Mofleh Shalaeta, Lucas Spandelhofer, Nir Barda, Nail Khotaba, Enist Abel, Amit Meir, Louis Khilaf, Gustavo Marmantini, Shlomi Azoulai, and Mark Costa.
Ifola did not practice, but in Hadera they are sure that he will start
The team from Sharon is aware of the fact that a loss in the game may complicate it significantly in the battles for the bottom, and on the other hand a victory will guarantee the stay almost definitively and will allow the club to start preparations for the next season.
For better preparation, the team will leave in the morning of the game day to a hotel in the city of Nof HaGalil, where the players will have lunch and rest until arriving at the Green Stadium. The brakeman Philip Ipola, did not practice regularly in the last few days and did not take part in the final training this morning, but the team expresses optimism that he will still start tomorrow in the starting line-up.
Koretsky is expected to return the Nigerian to the lineup as mentioned and he will return to the three-brake system, with Ruslan Barsky also starting in place of Albert Aiofi. Apart from these changes, Koretsky will continue to give the credit in the attack to Elad Madmon and Steven Alfred, when Saar Fedida, one of Hadera’s most prominent players this season, will not start again.
“We all understand the importance of the game and what is at stake. We are coming into the game against a trained opponent who is in good momentum, but we are concentrating on ourselves. To take points we will have to return to the commitment and desire that characterize us. We are not looking too far ahead but only at the next game, if we know Returning to our base, I believe we will take points and get closer to achieving our goal,” said the coach Menachem Koretsky before the game.
The left defender Kalman Sturm He added: “Reina is a good team that is also in a good time, but we believe in ourselves. Our goal is to stay in the league and it is clear to us that a victory will bring us very close to the goal. We have prepared well and we believe in ourselves. If we stay focused and know how not to make mistakes, I am sure we will get a good result.”
Yesterday, the group held a toast to the Passover holiday, when the one who spoke, among others, was the mayor of Hadera, Nir Ben Haim, who supports the club quite a bit. Ben Haim even complimented the team’s professional manager, Oren Golan, and told him: “You are a magician. There is no other way to express what has been done at the club in the years under your leadership.”
Ben Haim also provided an optimistic statement to the heads of the club when he said: “Hapoel Hadera will enjoy good years and broad support from the city administration in the years to come.” Golan himself also delivered his own message: “I call on the mayor to give the club a brave hug and Hapoel Hadera will compete for the playoffs top next year.”
Approximate composition: Ruby Levkovic, Dia Lavabidi, Philip Ippola, Jonathan Sissa, Ido Levy, Kalman Sturm, Ruslan Barsky, Menashe Zeleka, Sammy Burard, Elad Madmon and Steven Alfred.