Last night (Monday), Bnei Raina recorded its first loss in the Toto Cup against Hapoel Hadera (1:0). After the match, the team said: “The game against Hapoel Haifa was better, but we were better than Hadera. They hardly threatened our goal, we were not sharp in the last action. Just as we did not get out of proportion after the victory against Hapoel Haifa, so we did not enter into a crisis after the loss. We will learn from this and move on.”
The striker, Shlomi Azoulai, did not take part in the game due to the pain in his knee and the club is waiting for his official debut. He underwent an MRI and is awaiting a diagnosis. “Azolai is significant, we need him and hope he will return soon,” said Breina.
Also the back midfielder, Isak Norty did not take part in the game due to a groin injury and the team will try to train him for the start of the season. New signing Richard Boateng watched the game, but chose not to dress as he took a single training session in a Reina uniform.
In the meantime, Lazar Jovanovic will land in Israel today and start training with the team, he arrives in good shape since the Serbian league has already started.
Dolev Azruel who did not start the last two games, is expected to return to the lineup in the upcoming game against Kiryat Shmona at the expense of Ashraf Rabah who received credit. In the league anyway Azruel will occupy the position of left defender.