0:2 defeat at Celtic Park tonight ... but thanx to the result in Hamburg, Hapoel is already qualified for the KO stage (great success for the Israeli soccer). Congrats! http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/uefa/spielrunde/europa-league/2009-10/-1/1837/spieltag.html
02/18/10 Rubin Kazan 3:0 Hapoel Hapoel with a disappointing result in Russia. the field was in horrible condition. the weather was -15 Celsius. At this point I don't know if there is any hope left for hapoel to qualify. I can only see this happening with an extremely attacking formation by El Guttman. Also, israelis need to pack out the stadium in order to be the 12th man. Let's hope for the best?
Yea it was pretty tough that Hapoel got that draw. Imagine having to go from 20 C every day to play in -15, its not easy. I wish they had kept the score closer, but who knows, maybe at home they can pull off the upset and win 4-0.