The pressure shifted to Maccabi Tel Aviv. Four days after suffering a very painful loss for her in the game of the season, Maccabi Haifa recovered impressively and defeated Hapoel Kfar Saba 0: 3 at the Sami Ofer Stadium – performance and result, which indicate that it was not just established in first place in the table. Dolev Haziza was the architect on the way to the three points with an amazing advantage gate and cooking for Nikita Rokavica. The striker later completed a duo after the debut cooking of Noble Omar in the green uniform.
Now, before Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game against Hapoel Beer Sheva at Turner Stadium, Maccabi Haifa’s advantage at the top of the table is again 8 points. The Greens, for their part, will be looking for a winning streak next Wednesday, when they will be hosted by the Ashdod Sports Club as part of the 19th round of the Premier League.
“It’s always important to get back on the winning track, probably after such a painful loss,” he admitted Barak Bachar At the end. “We felt a very big miss after Maccabi Tel Aviv, but we managed to put it behind us. Everyone who expected us to win and it is not always the easiest, but we did it smoothly and well.”
The coach was asked how he picked up the players after the dramatic loss in the game of the season and said: “We did not do anything special. We talked about the game, and we knew we did good things in the first half and less in the second half, where we were not focused.
Bachar also referred to his trio on offense – Dolev Haziza, Omar Atzili and Nikita Rokavica. “Nikita works very hard. What I liked most about Dolev was his sprint for defense in the 90th minute, while everyone was tired. It shows his commitment. Omar? He tries very hard in training. He gets into a machine that works so it’s not too hard to fit in. I believe That he will get better and also conquer. “
Dolev Haziza, Who excelled in the game, also shared feelings after the loss at Bloomfield last Wednesday: “After losing you are finished that day and also the day after the feeling is not fun and annoying, but it’s football. Shani is happy we recovered. We have a captain who gives us confidence, “.
“Glad the ball stuck properly, I work on it a lot in training,” Haziza said of the huge ball he released with his left foot and stopped only at Itamar Israeli’s posts and admitted: “We were looking for half-revenge on Kfar Saba because they beat us in the previous round.”