Hapoel Beer Sheva blanked Hapoel Petach Tikva 2-0 as Muhammed Abu Romi and Muhamed Knaan both scored in the second half to take the win. After a goalless first half, southern reds Head Coach Ran Kozuk inserted Muhamed Knaan into the lineup as the forward made an immediate impact. First, Knaan\u2019s through ball to Abu Romi broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute while soon thereafter he also scored from just outside of the box to double the advantage and help the visitors to the points ahead of an Europa League clash against Dinamo Zagreb coming up on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Beer Sheva coach Ran Kozuk summed up the match, \u201cWe\u2019re heading into a difficult week with a lot of absences and our position in the table and our mood weren\u2019t at their best after the loss to Maccabi. To come here, put in a solid but mature performance and pick up points is something we wanted. There\u2019s a good team here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe European campaign? I think first and foremost we\u2019re facing excellent teams, so we need to approach it with humility. Yes, we have the ambition to show our football abroad and bring home points. It won\u2019t be easy, but that\u2019s the goal. Right now, the goal is to beat Dinamo Zagreb and then we\u2019ll come home to face Kiryat Shmona. Of course, we want to show what we can do against Zagreb, and we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hapoel Petah Tikva coach Omer Peretz said, \u201cBeer Sheva controlled the game, that\u2019s true. We wanted to put more pressure on their center-backs, but there weren\u2019t really any clear-cut chances for either side. We could have made better decisions on two occasions. On the other hand, we conceded from a rather unnecessary turnover of our own, and then Beer Sheva scored the second goal within seconds, which gave them some breathing room. We wanted to get back into the game but couldn\u2019t. I think we put in a fairly solid and good performance today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hapoel Beer Sheva blanked Hapoel Petach Tikva 2-0 as Muhammed Abu Romi and Muhamed Knaan both scored in the second half to take the win. After a goalless first half, southern reds Head Coach Ran Kozuk inserted Muhamed Knaan into the lineup as the forward made an immediate impact. First, Knaan\u2019s through ball to Abu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":190438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-190431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-israel-2","tag-hapoel-beer-sheva","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n