The Beitar Jerusalem Gazette
Squad26 Aug 2030
A fracture rules Dor Micha out for 129 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Beitar Jerusalem will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad26 Aug 2030
The knee: Kurniawan Ajie out for 119 days
119 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.
Player ratings26 Aug 2030
Timo Muzie beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 34. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market26 Aug 2030
Liel Deri has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Beitar Jerusalem they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match24 Aug 2030
After 10 games, Beitar Jerusalem finally taste it again
The first defeat in 10 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Hapoel Kiryat Shmona; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.
Squad26 Aug 2030
Tempers go at Beitar Jerusalem
Miguel Silva was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market26 Aug 2030
Tomer Litvinov comes home
The shirt still fits. Tomer Litvinov is back at Beitar Jerusalem, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad26 Aug 2030
The step up is real for Thiago Vargas
At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Boardroom26 Aug 2030
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Beitar Jerusalem
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Market Beitar Jerusalem promote Nir Weissman from within
- Market Amit Abada steps up from the Beitar Jerusalem academy
- Match A bad afternoon for Beitar Jerusalem against Hapoel Kiryat Shmona