Maor Levy expected to return to Maccabi Netanya lineup, Nidam may start
The Diamonds will try to maintain a perfect record in the Toto Cup against Hapoel Ramat Gan (Sunday, 20:00, Sport 1). Zaarura will be absent, Tshibangu may get minutes, and the search for a foreign center-back continues.
Maccabi Netanya will host Hapoel Ramat Gan tomorrow (Sunday, 20:00, Sport 1) as part of the third round of the Toto Cup group stage. Netanya arrives with a perfect record of two wins in the two opening rounds and will attempt to record a third consecutive victory that would bring it closer to winning the group.
Head coach Roni Levy will be without the suspended Bassem Zaarura, while Maor Levy is expected to return to the lineup after coming on as a substitute in the last match against Maccabi Petah Tikva.
In defense, it appears that two of the three players — Beni Feldman, Bakary Konate, and Denis Kulikov — will start in the center-back positions, while the pair of full-backs Alon Azugi and Gregory Morozov are also in the picture for the starting lineup. Midfielder Nadav Nidam may start, and it is possible that the Congolese player who continues to be on trial, Isaac Tshibangu, will receive his first minutes if it is decided to include him in the squad for the match.
Alongside preparations for the match, the professional staff, led by coach Roni Levy, continues to look for additional reinforcement players to add to the team even before the start of the Premier League matches at the end of the month.
In Netanya, the search continues for a foreign center-back who will arrive to strengthen the team's defensive center, while a number of candidates whose signing was examined in recent weeks have been taken off the table for various reasons, such as salary conditions, injury history, and also a refusal to come and play in Israel these days.
