Hapoel Tel Aviv coach Nir Klinger was not moved by the announcements about the planning to appoint Omar Buxenbaum as the professional manager of the senior team. “Nir does not take this move seriously, he is strong and has gone through a lot of things in his coaching career and he concentrates solely on how to get the team back on the winning track,” said a source in the team. Klinger understood that the move’s plans came out, among other things, to put some pressure on him, but he is concentrating on preparations for Maccabi Netanya.
Another Hapoel source added that there is no contract signed with Omar Boxenbaum regarding the job of professional manager in the summer and even claims: “By the summer God is great. There is so much more time until then, so it is too early to plan plans.” It’s no secret that Itzik and Sharon Nisnov greatly appreciate the change Boxenbaum made in the club’s youth department, but some other owners are not enthusiastic about the move and certainly not in the timing where the team counts five games without a win.
Also, after being injured and replaced in the last game against Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Tel Aviv midfielder Shlomi Azulai will conduct an inspection this morning (Tuesday) to assess the severity of the damage. Azoulay felt a stab in the back thigh muscle in front of the Jerusalemites and went down depressed during the same replacement, mainly due to the fear that this was a recurrent tear in the exact same area from which he was absent for a month and a half. “Hopefully we will get good news, until Shlomi is back it will be a blow to lose him again for a few weeks,” the group said.
Azoulay is in any case expected to miss the upcoming game on Saturday against Maccabi Netanya, probably like Eddie Gottlieb and Doron Leidner. As for the latter, the medical staff require rest in this game as well so as not to impair the rehabilitation time that has been patient so far. As for Gottlieb, there is a lot of pressure due to the ability in the center of defense, but the brake has not yet applied one hundred percent.
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