(Summary courtesy of Sport1)
Against empty stands and a fragile advantage of a single goal (1:2), Hapoel BS will play tomorrow (Thursday) in Turner against Dynamo Minsk, and any result except promotion to the next stage will be considered a failure.
In a video meeting held by coach Eliniv Barda, he complimented the players for playing well until the last quarter of an hour in the first meeting and showed them the parts he liked least. “In the last quarter of an hour we were too confident in ourselves,” said the coach, “we were complacent, we relaxed the game plan and suddenly 1:2, this is a fragile result.”
Breda took Mariano Barreiro to a personal conversation and made it clear to him that he expects him to return to the good form he was in last season and that he will continue to work hard and wait for the opportunity. Breda greatly appreciates Breiro personally and has helped him quite a bit as a professional manager and assistant coach.
Breda doesn’t think it’s disrespectful to take a player for a conversation and made it clear throughout that his door is open to any player who wants to talk. Barreiro is not expected to start tomorrow in the return match against Dinamo Minsk, but if there is a possibility, it seems that the coach will also give Barreiro minutes to prove to him that it is not just pep talks.
The coach preferred to hold a tennis practice yesterday while Miguel Vitor trained on the sidelines and worked on reinforcements to reduce his load. Today, in the final training that will be held in Turner, Breda will already feel more comfortable practicing for the match against Minsk. At the same time, the club were surprised that the Romanian referee, Marian Bravo, 33 years old, was assigned to the game, for whom this is the second game he has officiated in a European framework only.
On another issue, the BS fans decided to support small businesses instead of holding a festive screening outside the stadium. Regardless, the costs of such an event for the municipality are high, and the municipality will offer to assist with licensing to broadcast in pubs in the city if such requests arrive.