The Hapoel Tel Aviv Sentinel
Squad29 Aug 2039
Assaf Tzur keeps Hapoel Tel Aviv in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings29 Aug 2039
Age has not caught Roei Alkukin yet — 8.15
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.15 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Boardroom29 Aug 2039
Graduation day at Hapoel Tel Aviv
10 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.
Squad29 Aug 2039
Raz Shlomo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match27 Aug 2039
Hapoel Tel Aviv see off Hapoel Kfar Saba
Three points for Hapoel Tel Aviv, 2‑1 the final word against Hapoel Kfar Saba in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market29 Aug 2039
Hapoel Tel Aviv promote Matan Cohen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matan Cohen has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market29 Aug 2039
Ben Weissman steps up from the Hapoel Tel Aviv academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ben Weissman has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market29 Aug 2039
Eitan Cohen steps up from the Hapoel Tel Aviv academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eitan Cohen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market29 Aug 2039
Hapoel Tel Aviv promote Tomer Glazer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tomer Glazer has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Squad No hiding place for Ben Cohen
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Assaf Tzur