Ness Ziona section
In the shadow of the departure of coach Nir Berkovich, who resigned and moved to Kiryat Shmona, tomorrow (Saturday, 18:00) Sekcia Nes Ziona will host MS Ashdod and try to climb above the red line. The CEO of the club, Roy Ankwa, preferred not to bother with signing a new coach for the team, so that the players and the staff would all be focused, only on the important game tomorrow. Ankwa is expected to pick up a gear at the beginning of the coming week, as far as signing a new coach is concerned.
Assistant coach Ami Tiar and goalkeeping coach Galil Ben Shanan conducted the team’s last two training sessions and are also the ones who will be on the lines tomorrow. “What happened with Nir Berkovic this week is already behind us,” Tiar said before the game. “The duty of proof in every game is first of all on the players. There is a good team here that will arrive tomorrow ready and committed to the goal,” added the assistant coach.
Ness Ziona will have to manage tomorrow without the injured Stefan Ake, while the yellowed Levan Kotelje is also out of the squad. According to the practice in the final training, it seems that Ayalon Yerushalmi and Abubakar Keita will start as stoppers, Dor Kochav on the right and Uri from his back as a left defender. Muhammad Osman finished serving a suspension and will return to the lineup and Ari Mora will continue to receive credit in the front, alongside Yoni Stoyanov and Almog Bozaglo.
Approximate lineup: Yossi Ginzburg, Dor Kochav, Abubakar Keita, Ayalon Yerushalmi, Uri Magbo, Ilai Trost, Muhammad Osman, Lial Tsana, Yoni Stoyanov, Ari Mora, Almog Bozaglo
tax. Ashdod
After the loss to Hapoel Beer Sheva in the previous round that opened the second round, M.S. Ashdod will play an away game tomorrow against the Ness Ziona section, which was shaken up this week. Ran Ben Shimon, who will not stand on the lines following five yellow cards, said before the game: “We are playing against a team that is currently in a period of uncertainty, but it is a team with good players. Their situation makes the game a little more complex for us, but we are preparing and will arrive ready. I have a lot of faith in my players to do the job.”
Ben Shimon will know today the condition of his defensive players who are in doubt for tomorrow. Nenad Cvetkovic, Tom Ben Zaken and Gil Cohen were not 100 percent fit during the week, but may still play tomorrow.
Estimated composition: Yoav Jarfi, Tom Ben Zaken, Nenad Tsvatkovich, Timothy Avani, Gil Cohen, David Kuperman, Naor Sebag, Jordan Saban, Muhammad Canaan, Zakaria Mogis, Ebenezer Mamata.
Trivia
* MS Ashdod won the last three league meetings, with the first in November 2019 ending 2:2. In the Toto Cup at the beginning of the season, Sektia Nes Ziona won 0:1.
* Nes Ziona in a streak of four draw results in the league, including twice 3:3.
* MS Ashdod is winless in its last five away games: two lost and another three ended with the same result of 1:1.
* Almost a year has passed since the last time Ashdod kept a clean sheet in an away game. It was in January with 0:1 in Sakhnin.
The composition of the groups
Ness Ziona section
The game setup
4:3:3
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7d. Star -
99A. Keita -
23A. a Jerusalemite -
28A. from his back
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6To. Chana -
15p. Trost -
17M. Osman
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27J. Stoyanov -
70A. teacher -
77A. Buzaglo
Substitutes bench:
tax. Ashdod
Coach: Ran Ben Shimon
The game setup
4:5:1
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15ninth. old man -
4ninth. Avani -
5N. Cvetkovic -
3third. Cohen
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18A. from Matta -
20d. Cooperman -
97G. Saban -
55N. Sebag -
10M. Canaan
Substitutes bench:
The 15th round games:
Saturday, 15:00: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Hadera (Sport1)
Saturday, 17:30: Hapoel Jerusalem – Kiryat Shmona City (Sport1)
Saturday, 18:00: Hapoel Haifa – Maccabi Bnei Rayna
Saturday, 18:00: Nes Ziona section – MS. Ashdod
Saturday, 19:30: Hapoel Beer Sheva – Beitar Jerusalem (Sport2)
Sunday, 20:15: Bnei Sakhnin – Hapoel Tel Aviv (Sport4)
Monday, 20:30: Maccabi Netanya – Maccabi Haifa