Eli Levy

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Hapoel Kfar Saba U20
9 Jul 2034
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Marked for Eli Levy

330 Edition

The Hapoel Kfar Saba Post

22 Nov 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad22 Nov 2032

Eli Levy damages knee ligaments — 14 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 14 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.

Match20 Nov 2032

The wait goes on for Hapoel Kfar Saba

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad22 Nov 2032

Gitai Sofir 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 Hapoel Kfar Saba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match20 Nov 2032

Hapoel Kiryat Shmona take the points off Hapoel Kfar Saba

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

The dugout22 Nov 2032

Elad Shahaf 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.

Squad22 Nov 2032

Ertore Zhanybekuly wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Hapoel Kfar Saba can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

The dugout22 Nov 2032

Interim Coach: “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.

The dugout22 Nov 2032

When it matters, Tamir Arbel 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 ahead22 Nov 2032

Alon Azugi goes back to face Bnei Sakhnin

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

In brief

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329 Edition

The Hapoel Kfar Saba Post

15 Nov 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Nov 2032

A knee injury of the worst kind for Eli Levy

21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hapoel Kfar Saba lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout15 Nov 2032

Ertore Zhanybekuly 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.

The dugout15 Nov 2032

Tomi Tzizoshvili has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Hapoel Kfar Saba will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout15 Nov 2032

No hiding place for Kaoru Sakai

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kaoru Sakai, and the manager let it.

Market15 Nov 2032

The clock does Tomi Tzizoshvili’s negotiating for him

2 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Hapoel Kfar Saba could ask drops and the wages Tomi Tzizoshvili can ask rise.

Looking ahead15 Nov 2032

Tomi Tzizoshvili goes back to face Hapoel Kiryat Shmona

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

The dugout15 Nov 2032

Gitai Sofir asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad15 Nov 2032

A season on the outside for Manuel Iylia

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Hapoel Kfar Saba has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Squad15 Nov 2032

Sagiv Benayoun: “I am not a substitute”

“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Hapoel Kfar Saba will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.

In brief

328 Edition

The Hapoel Kfar Saba Post

8 Nov 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad8 Nov 2032

A knee injury of the worst kind for Eli Levy

28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hapoel Kfar Saba lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market8 Nov 2032

Shalev Janach asks to leave Hapoel Kfar Saba

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match6 Nov 2032

5 matches without a win for Hapoel Kfar Saba

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Hapoel Kfar Saba are no longer polite ones.

Market8 Nov 2032

Tom Rostovsky is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hapoel Kfar Saba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match6 Nov 2032

Hapoel Kfar Saba are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 5 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Match6 Nov 2032

Beitar Jerusalem take the points off Hapoel Kfar Saba

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout8 Nov 2032

No hiding place for Ben Sørensen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ben Sørensen, and the manager let it.

Match6 Nov 2032

No time for Beitar Jerusalem to settle

The goal that put Beitar Jerusalem ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Hapoel Kfar Saba equalised, 1 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.

Squad8 Nov 2032

A falling-out at Hapoel Kfar Saba

Kaoru Sakai and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Squad Hapoel Kfar Saba are still strangers to each other
  • The dugout Ben Sørensen gets picked when it counts