After losing to Maccabi Haifa in the league and recording another meaningless loss against Hapoel Afula in the cup, Beitar Jerusalem will meet Hapoel Tel Aviv in a particularly charged match on Sunday at 20:15. this morning (friday) Danilo Asperia and Yossi Abouxis They spoke at a press conference, which was broadcast live here on the website.
Asperia was asked about Daniel Sondgren’s foul in the game against Maccabi Haifa and said: “Who is Sondgren? I don’t know what to say, if I did that I would be expelled. This is Maccabi Haifa, they are the best team in Israel, they don’t need help. If a player like that If he does something like that, he should be punished.”
Asperia added: “At the beginning of the season we were in a bad situation, we progressed step by step, we believe in the process and prepare only for this game. For us, every game is important. The fans have two or three more important games, but for me every game is important and in every game we try to win. We We have to take the points. It’s great to feel the support of the fans.”
Aboxis: It’s mani time
The Beitar coach commented on the fight for the ticket to the top playoffs: “Failure? It will be disappointing if we are not in the top playoffs. People have a tendency to forget how we started the season, but we started very seriously behind in preparation for the season. We were able to put together a group on the fly. If we had started the season with this squad, if the owner had arrived earlier and everything had been earlier, we would have already been in the playoffs, but we don’t look now at what happened. In no case can it be a failure in a season like this.”
Nearly 20,000 fans secured their place at Teddy against Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Aboxis said about the crowd: “It’s a combination of the rivalry between the clubs and the situation in the table, we can give ourselves the opportunity to enter the top playoffs. The crowd’s push is the best thing that happened to us, they continue to support us and in this section we are among the leading teams in Israel. We will have to provide him with a good result.
“These games against Hapoel Tel Aviv are very exciting and have emotions in them. You have to be focused every minute, we’ll have to play smart, these games are always close.”
About the last period, Abuxis said: “We are a little less good, it’s true, if we had continued with the usual ability, then who knows where we would be, but it is difficult to produce plays all the time. We have reached two games of money time, we will have to bring our abilities, concentration and discipline – everything”.
The rabbi who surprised the Beitar players
At the same time as preparations for the game, the Jerusalem club is also preparing for Purim, which will be celebrated during the next week. The one who came to pay a surprise visit to the players is Rabbi Ami Paykovsky, “the rabbi of the footballers”.
In a message he said: “Purim is coming. I arrived today to distribute parcels to the Beit” Jerusalem group. The fact that I always get excited when I arrive. I had fun watching the actors, we sang and danced. I also had a great time with Yossi Abouxis, who wins handily over the team he brought to the beach.”
