Gidi Lipkin
Adi Yona (Haggai Michaeli)
Until now, Beitar Jerusalem’s season is an enigma. The team has gone through a huge revolution in terms of the players’ roster in light of what happened to it this past summer, but it is still unclear where it is headed. For Yossi Abouxis, the game tonight (Saturday) at 19:45 against M.S. Ashdod is another test to understand whether the team will struggle in the coming months at the burning bottom, or whether it will be able to make the leap at least towards the center of the table.
The composition of Beitar Jerusalem: Itamar Israeli, Max Gerchkin, Oral Daghani, Joshua Machias, Amit Cohen, Terzi Toma, Ofir Kariaf, Adi Yona, Danilo Asperia, Jordan Shua and Ion Nicolescu.
After all the great pressure she went through, a positive relaxation was felt in the team this week, when the training was also at a better pace. In the capital they hope that this will be reflected in the YA stadium against a difficult opponent and said: “Let’s hope that the 0:2 victory over Kiryat Shmona gave the players the confidence they needed and we will see continuity so that we don’t go back. This is a key game for us so that we don’t go back again.”
Beitar do not forget that the team is still mired in 13th place in the Premier League, from which they are relegated, with only 6 league points on their balance sheet, remembering the two victories over KS and Nes Ziona. The Yellow-Blacks, who until now have the worst defense in the league, which suffered – 19 goals in eight games, were satisfied that in the last round the team managed to keep a clean sheet and hope that this balance will also be maintained against Ashdod.
The team is satisfied with the fact that about 4,000 of the team’s fans will accompany it in the away game in Ashdod and are expected to give it a home atmosphere. As you may remember, initially the host team allocated only one stand in favor of the Jerusalemites, but after the fans’ protest, the quota was increased.
