The Hapoel Kfar Saba Post
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
Niv Vaknin, 20, steals the show — 8.11
Marked 8.11 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
Itai Zafrani keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hapoel Kfar Saba may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Home is on Xande Silva's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Hapoel Kfar Saba are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Match19 Feb 2028
Hapoel Kfar Saba find a way past Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona made Hapoel Kfar Saba work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Words at Hapoel Kfar Saba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roei Alkukin is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces21 Feb 2028
Hapoel Kfar Saba supporters have found a favourite in Roei Alkukin
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Roei Alkukin has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match19 Feb 2028
The drought breaks for Hapoel Kfar Saba
5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Hapoel Kiryat Shmona were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
Orlando Mosquera gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
Xande Silva was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Player ratings Roy Buganim was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad Tempers go at Hapoel Kfar Saba
- Squad Vitor Deodato signs on for more