The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Daniel
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match28 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hapoel Kiryat Shmona are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Abdelmoumen Benchabane at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Abdelmoumen Benchabane is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match28 Aug 2027
7 unbeaten for Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Hapoel Kiryat Shmona did not have in the autumn.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Cristian Martínez 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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Itzik Shoolmayster is a Hapoel Kiryat Shmona player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
A masterclass from Adrián Ugarriza
Marked 9.25 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A late step up for Ariel Sheratzky
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
In brief
- Market Eden Dabbur steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
- Market Tomer Abada steps up from the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona academy
- Market One of our own: Yonatan Natcho joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team