The crisis in Beitar Jerusalem is deepening. The team from the capital tonight (Saturday) lost 2:1 to Hapoel Hadera away and remains in last place in the table, with 3 points out of 21 possible. Jonathan Sissa (4) and Mohammed Khatib (25) scored for the home team , Yoon Nicolasco only narrowly missed a penalty (62) and Ronen Hantzis was sent off (40). The suspended Yossi Abouxis watched from the stands and is surely very disappointed.
Beitar Jerusalem looked at a loss and lacked any confidence. Hapoel Hadera is far from being one of the threatening teams in the league, but almost every time the hosts got close to the box, it seemed like it was a “half goal” – courtesy of Beitar’s non-existent defense. That’s how Jonathan Sissa easily overcame Uri Dahan in the first conquest and that’s how Muhammad Khatib got ahead of David Hoja by 0:2. Khativ, by the way, celebrated with the shirt of Kalman Sturm, who was injured in the face after a collision with the striker and is expected to miss a long time.
Beitar’s professional team rushed to make two substitutions in the 35th minute, including the removal of Eduardo Guerrero who went straight to the dressing room, but the direction did not change. Ronen Hanzis, who was one of the substitutes, was sent off after 5 minutes due to an irresponsible foul and the other substitute, Jordan Shua, He almost followed suit with a wild entry that fortunately ended in a yellow.
In the second half, instead of holding the ball and putting Beitar out of the game for good, Hadera went backwards, lost speed and allowed the team from the capital to come back with a penalty disallowed with the help of VAR. Just like against MS Ashdod last week, Hadera had a hard time figuring out how to play against 10 players, But luckily for her this time it was enough for a precious victory.
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Hapoel Hadera: Ruby Levkovic, Dia Levavidi, Philip Ipola, Jonathan Sissa, Ido Levy, Tomer Makhlouf, Menashe Zalka, Gilad Abramov, Sa’ar Fedida, Steven Alfred, Mohammad Khatib.
Beitar Jerusalem: Itamar Israeli, Amit Cohen, Uri Dahan, Dor Hoja, Joshua Machias, Max Grechkin, Ili Madmon, Theresia Thoma, Bar Cohen, Eduardo Guerrero, Yoon Nicolasco.