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Beer Sheva players (Radad Jabara)
Hapoel Beer Sheva completed its mission and qualified for the group stage of the Conference League this evening (Thursday), after passing Romanian Craiova with a particularly dramatic finish. The cup holder survived a penalty shootout against the Romanians with a performance, once again, by Omri Glazer. Eliniv Barda’s group made an impressive way to the group stage of the European factory and it is time to summarize the journey of the southerners.
Second round: 1:3 on aggregate over Dynamo Minsk
The team in red arrived at the meeting against the Belarusian team in an uplifted mood after winning the Champions League at the expense of Maccabi Haifa, and recorded a 1:2 home score from a goal by Shagib Yehezkel in the first minute and another conquest by Rotem Hatuel. In the rematch a week later, Hatuel Gol scored a victory in the 85th minute and helped Eliniv Barda to maintain a perfect balance.
Third round: 1:5 in summary over Lugano
Beer Sheva also brought honor against the Swiss. In the away game, Tomer Yosef scored first in the 39th minute, and the acquired striker Estrit Salmani scored the second in the 85th minute on the way to a comfortable 0:2. In the rematch held at Estadio Netanya due to the security situation, Miguel Vitor scored in the 51st minute, Albian Haidri scored an own goal in the 61st minute, the hosts scored from a penalty by Osman Doumbia in the 73rd minute and Rotem Hatuel determined the outcome of the game and the entire match in the 85th minute.
Playoff: 1:1 in the summary of the two games against Craiova (3:4 on penalties)
The first game in which Hapoel Beer Sheva did not win this season came against the Romanians away. Paul Papp was sent off at halftime following an incident in the dressing room with Itai Schechter, when Rotem Hatuel scored first for the Reds in the 70th minute. The number of players on the grass was balanced when Hatem Abdelhamid saw his own red in the 73rd minute, and the host managed to equalize two minutes later from a successful penalty by Andrey Ivan on the way to 1:1.
The second game at Turner was a very difficult hurdle for the cup holder. Both teams failed to bring their offensive abilities to light and after 90 minutes the score was 0:0 and the game was dragged into overtime. Ante Rogolic stunned Turner with a huge free kick that put the visitors up 0:1 in the 104th minute, but the reaction was swift and deadly.
Within two minutes, Tomer Hamed rose above the entire defense, reached the free ball first and struck to score the equalizer. The game was dragged to a decision in a duel from the penalty spot and there, as usual, we got a performance by Omri Glazer. The goalkeeper, who also excelled in penalties against Maccabi Haifa in the cup final and the champion of the champions, stopped two kicks and the Reds celebrated with 3:4 in the duel all the way to the group stage.
