The Hapoel Acre Gazette
Match19 Dec 2026
Hapoel Acre end the wait against Bnei Yehuda
It had gone 14 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
No sign of nerves from Emmanuel Solomon at 19 — 8.15
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Emmanuel Solomon did not need any: 8.15, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match19 Dec 2026
Osama Khalaila the difference as Hapoel Acre beat Bnei Yehuda
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Osama Khalaila. 3‑1 against Bnei Yehuda, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Mohammed Khatib runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces21 Dec 2026
The crowd has taken to Aviv Kanarik
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A masterclass from Osama Khalaila
Marked 8.58 — 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Hapoel Acre training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yadin Lugasi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Looking ahead21 Dec 2026
Everything rides on Hapoel Raanana
Both clubs in the mire, one fixture between them, and a ground that will be louder and more frightened than at any point in the season. Hapoel Acre know what is at stake and so does everybody in the away end.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Guy David has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Guy David on a 3‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
In brief
- Squad A Hapoel Acre teenager takes the young player award
- Looking ahead A reunion for Roei Shukrani
- Squad The first one for Emmanuel Solomon