{"id":9504,"date":"2017-05-03T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T05:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=9504"},"modified":"2017-05-02T17:39:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T16:39:27","slug":"extra-time-7-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2017\/05\/extra-time-7-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra time… 7.10"},"content":{"rendered":"
…in the 2023 Israeli Premier League Toto Cup final between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Ashkelon.<\/p>\n
I began extra time confident that our superior fitness would win out over Beitar. But the minutes ticked away with us creating very little.<\/p>\n
With minutes to go, I have to accept that the match might go to penalties. Which will likely be curtains for us. We’re not good at penalties.<\/p>\n
Last Wednesday, we went out of the State Cup on penalties. That will have done\u00a0the lads’ confidence good. Not.<\/p>\n
And I’ve got a decision to make. Steve Welsh, our highly-rated, much coveted, young goalie signed for a song from Dulwich Hamlet (why do they always have such dumb managers?) has decided to mark the occasion by going to pieces. If I leave him on the pitch, we might not even get to penalties.<\/p>\n
I know you’re not meant to sub goalies, except for injury, but on the bench I’ve got Itay Duani — less talented, but an obdurate fellow.<\/p>\n
Itay, on you go. There’s four minutes and if we\u00a0make it through that, you’ll be in the thick of the action and your Mum will be watching, proud as punch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
…in the 2023 Israeli Premier League Toto Cup final between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Ashkelon. I began extra time confident that our superior fitness would win out over Beitar. But the minutes ticked away with us creating very little. With minutes to go, I have to accept that the match might go to penalties. Which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,90],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n