After the painful 4:1 loss to Maccabi Netanya in the opening round, Beitar Jerusalem will try to recover this evening (Sunday), but it will certainly not be easy. Beitar will open its home season at the Teddy Stadium when it hosts Hapoel Beer Sheva, who come to compete in An excellent spirit after its qualification for the group stage of the Conference League last Thursday.
If the clear balance of forces didn’t worry Yossi Abouxis enough, the coach will have to face BS with a very lacking lineup. Stav Nachmani is in doubt due to a shoulder injury, while Dan Azaria (quadriceps tear) and Oral Daghani (twin hamstrings) will continue to be absent. Younger Miron Tal, The son of Idan Tal, may start in the lineup.
At this point the top priority in the capital is to land a midfielder and a foreign striker who will improve the team. “Only in cycle 7-8, after all the reinforcements arrive, we will see where Beitar is going this year,” said a club official. “In the meantime, we are doing everything to look like a team, even though the squad is short at the moment.” Yes, he is expected to start in the lineup and thus make his debut in the team. Like Amit Cohen, he is expected to get his first minutes in the yellow-black uniform already in the starting lineup.
Approximate lineup: Deloiah; Cohen, Kriaf, Zahavi, Grechkin; Tal, Zargari, Cohen (Nahmani); Asperia, Guerrero, Shua.