The Beitar Jerusalem Gazette
Match13 Mar 2028
Full time on the season at Beitar Jerusalem
Position 5 on 43 points. Every season is a story and this is the last line of it, and now the club has three months to decide what the next one is about.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Miguel Silva 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
A row about effort at Beitar Jerusalem
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gil Cohen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Defences have started doubling up on Yarden Shua
13 goals and a season average of 7.25 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Match11 Mar 2028
Yarden Shua sends Beitar Jerusalem past Bnei Yehuda
It finished 1‑0, and it was Yarden Shua’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Beitar Jerusalem.
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
A masterclass from Yarden Shua
Marked 8.10 — 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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Omer Hemed kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
No hiding place for Ziv Ben-Shimol
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ziv Ben-Shimol, and the manager let it.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Emmanuel Boateng does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
In brief
- Squad Eitan Natcho, 15, gets his chance
- Player ratings Nothing got past Liran Shpigel
- Market The Roey Elimelech talk will not go away