Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Lech Poznan knew that the meetings between them might decide which of them would finish in second place at home, although Austria Vienna is also in the fight for the ticket to the next stage, of course, and therefore the Poles were very disappointed by the canceled home draw last night (Thursday) against the holder of the Israeli cup.
Eliniv Breda’s team did not manage to kick into the frame of the Polish goal at all, despite two big misses, the first of which was that of Astrit Salmani towards the end, but on the other end it was Omari Glazer who provided several very good saves and was chosen as outstanding in the Polish media: “His ability was phenomenal”, Even written in “TVP”.
The coach of Lech Poznan, John van den Broome, was not at all satisfied with the ending: “I said at the press conference before the game that we expected a tough battle, and it was certainly not an easy game against a quality opponent that we were unable to beat. Why didn’t we win? The reason is that we didn’t We were at our best and we didn’t show the ability we showed this season,” he claimed.
Van den Broome also said: “Many players were not at their peak, were far below their normal ability. Luckily for Hapoel Beer Sheva, they had a great opportunity at the end which they missed,” he said, referring to Salmani’s miss, “we have three more games left in the Conference League and we know that things are in our hands And we will not give up the opportunity to go up.”
Midfielder Ysper Karlstrom added: “We should have created more scoring opportunities. In the second half there were better and less good moments, but it’s over and now we’re moving on to the next game,” said the Swede, who next week will come with his team to the meeting in the capital of the Negev.
Defender Barry Douglas, who was injured and replaced, is apparently suffering from a serious injury and will be examined in the next day. Belch Poznan estimates that he will not be fit in the near future, so he should not be available to the team next week in Be’er Sheva: “It is very disappointing, he was in a good period and helped us a lot. He will certainly not play on Sunday in the league,” Van den Brom concluded.