After three away games that yielded 9 points, Hapoel Beer Sheva returned today (Saturday) to Turner Stadium for a game against Hapoel Jerusalem and could do what seemed like an imaginary scenario until a few weeks ago: rise at least temporarily to the top of the Premier League. She would have done it with a win, but Ziv Aryeh’s team defended and rescued a 0:0 that would greatly frustrate the hosts. The people of Beer Sheva looked very nervous at the end of the game and a fight almost broke out between the players after Hapoel Jerusalem goalkeeper Adley was hit by several objects thrown from the stands. The visitor’s man of the match approached with the pole that was thrown at the goalkeeper Ural Greenfeld and from there a riot developed between the players of the two clubs.
Eliniv lamented the loss of the points: “A lot of things worked, but we lacked the finishing leg that would decide the game. We played against a team with a 5:5 line that came to defend. They stood up well, but we had to create better quality situations. In the first half we still got there, but in the second half The second one was not. The stadium was full and the push was crazy. We need to play much better. The crowd is the best thing here in this city. Their push is amazing.”
On the waste of Jerusalem’s time: “If you check our balance sheet with Greenfeld, then it is not the best. The extra time was not enough in my opinion, but we have to look at the good things.”
Roy Gordana analyzed: “If you think that at this stage of the season there will be displays of 0:6 it will not happen. Teams come to defend and we will have to think about how to prepare for it. There is no pressure here, there is fun. We had a pretty good game, but we need to produce a little more.”
On the differences between the home and away games: “Teams are much more defensive in Turner and try to take the 0:0. We have to think about how we break lines and arrange situations for our strikers.”
Lior Zeda on Hapoel Jerusalem’s draw: “In any situation, a point in Turner is not a bad thing at all, against the team in the best form in the league. We stood there strong. No one expected us to be where we are. We compete well, we were there even in games where we were in ten players. We knew there would be less good moments. Our goal is to be in the top playoffs, we played like a team that wants to be there.”
On managing the game instead of Ziv Aryeh: “Fortunately, I have 20 years of training, I felt comfortable. We work together and I’m happy, we still have hard work. Ness Ziona? We have to win, a tough opponent. We’ll give everything like we gave today.”
Ofek Biton concluded: “I don’t think a point is enough for us. We come to every game to win. We lacked the finishing touch. We surpassed them in many ways. We came with an organized plan. Ziv prepared us for this game. We deserved three points and we hope we get them next week.” .