After the third victory in a row last night (Monday) in the Tel Aviv derby against Maccabi and this time promotion to the cup final, Hapoel Tel Aviv are not used to such a reality of success. With some wanting to fax the team straight to the final on Thursday against Bnei Herzliya, they realized that in a team like Hapoel Tel Aviv you can not prevent the celebrations from its thousands of fans, and even when they circled the bus.
So from this morning the group is engaged in landing everyone on the ground, from peak to peak, an attempt to reset them all. It is clear to Hapoel Tel Aviv that a difficult final game awaits them, against a trained team, a disciplined team, a team that will reach the final less stressed. Chairman Rami Cohen, who last night celebrated the moment after a nightly evaluation session ahead of the finals, also understands that he now has the responsibility of the responsible adult, so that everyone understands that the important task is on Thursday and not yesterday in the derby.
The team received about 6,000 tickets for sale for the final, Bnei Herzliya by the way committed to 3,200 tickets. From 12:00 through the “Where” website, there will be a sale only for subscribers of Hapoel Tel Aviv and members of the association. From tomorrow (Wednesday) at ten in the morning they will sell the rest of the tickets that will be left to all the fans.
The desire of the team was to keep the entire staff including coach Danny Franco for another season, but the club understand that it will not be simple and easy in terms of numbers. The Reds’ budget includes about NIS 10 million, the salaries of the players and the professional team about NIS 5.5 million, not including companions, apartments, vehicles, commissions, flights, etc. In other words, in order to keep everyone, the group will need an addition only in this section of about NIS 1.5 million. The team will ultimately matter whether it finishes the season in the top house (places 1-6) and participates next season in Europe. Because for the group Europe is worth money in terms of revenue, but participating in Europe also means increasing the staff, and then it’s a budget increase.
The group hopes that what happens to it will bring a resurgence of sponsors and donors who will help it following the success. The Reds would like to keep Jacoben Brown, Josh Evans, James Young, and of course coach Danny Franco and all the rest of the roster. Most Israelis have already extended contracts, but on the other hand the group has no intention of going crazy and exceeding the budget by millions of shekels and going back: “We already understood that we must not jump forward, but go step by step as we have done in recent years. And not suddenly to reach a budget of about 13 million shekels because we do not know how to bring in this income, “said the club.
The team is also very pleased with the last-minute acquisition, Igor Kolshov, and is expected to act to keep him for another season. At the end of the game, chairman Rami Cohen thanked Kolshov for his great performance, and he said in response: “Thank you for introducing me to this thing.”
