Miguel Silva: Beitar's Support Remains, but the Decision is His
The future of Miguel Silva in the Beitar Jerusalem goal has become a major talking point in Israeli football. Despite backing from Almog Cohen, the goalkeeper must regain his form to maintain his status.
The issue of Miguel Silva in the goal of Beitar Jerusalem became one of the most discussed topics in Israeli football over the weekend, both against the backdrop of the match in Ploiești against AEK Larnaca and regarding his future between the posts for the team.
As of today, his status is stable and he receives the backing and support of Almog Cohen, who sees him as a significant player and kept him at the club this summer, despite much criticism within the club and in the stands.
And yet, even the trust and support of Almog Cohen has a metric, and that is performance. Cohen also knows that since that State Cup quarter-final against Bnei Yehuda, he is not getting the same goalkeeper, the same confidence, and the same strengths that characterized Miguel Silva.
Silva was for a long time one of the favorites of the stands. The transition to the status of a question mark, dealing with the criticism and the abusive messages he receives from time to time are noises that, if he does not know how to neutralize, even the backing of Almog Cohen will no longer exist.
"A goalkeeper should be someone who is not talked about much or who is complimented. If you are in the third option, you are in big trouble, and the solution lies only with you."
At the end of the day, Miguel Silva is a professional football player, a 31-year-old foreigner, whose advantages should be character and experience. He has many credit points at Beitar—in the survival seasons, in winning the Cup, and in returning to the top. He is also a true ambassador for the State of Israel; those who know him know that he feels Israeli, that it hurts him that the reality regarding Israel is distorted in the foreign media, and that if it were possible for him, he would stay to live here.
And yet, Miguel Silva is a professional player on a competitive team. You are measured here and now, and you must be better in order to continue. Beitar will also do its homework regarding the professional and mental envelope it gave the goalkeeper, in the hope that from this whole event he will return better.
