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The Beitar Jerusalem Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

The knee: Johnbosco Samuel Kalu out for 33 days

33 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Beitar Jerusalem lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Boris Enow stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Boris Enow and Beitar Jerusalem agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Yali Zohar is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Omer Atzili

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Alon Ben-Ami in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Beitar Jerusalem this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

When it matters, Yarden Cohen plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

Dor Micha goes back to face Hapoel Beer Sheva

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Dor Micha’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Beitar Jerusalem needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Market12 Oct 2026

Amit Kornfine told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Amit Kornfine has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Beitar Jerusalem.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Yarden Cohen knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Beitar Jerusalem, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

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7 Edition

The Beitar Jerusalem Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

Johnbosco Samuel Kalu damages knee ligaments — 66 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 66 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Yali Zohar at Beitar Jerusalem

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Yali Zohar is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

Door shut on Ryan Francisco

Beitar Jerusalem asked and Sport Recife said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Miguel Silva

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Tomer Yosefi beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match12 Sep 2026

Bnei Sakhnin take the points off Beitar Jerusalem

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

Tal Melikson: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Beitar Jerusalem

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yehonatan Ozer was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Looking ahead14 Sep 2026

Yarden Shua goes back to face Maccabi Tel Aviv

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Yarden Shua’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Beitar Jerusalem needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief