Raz Amir
Maccabi Tel Aviv players in training (Itzik Belnitsky)
Maccabi Tel Aviv will try to narrow the gap from the top of the Premier League to two points once again, when tonight (Thursday) it will play an away game against Sami Ofer against Hapoel Haifa at 20:45. The first game between the teams this season ended in a crazy 3: 4 at Bloomfield Stadium with a winning goal in the extra time of Jonathan Cohen, after Avi Rikan equalized in the 89th minute of the game. A lot of things have happened since then with the Yellows that victory was achieved under Georgios Donis.
Already seven consecutive victories Patrick van Leven impresses, with his balance sheet having five wins in a row and tonight he will look for an away win Friday in a row as the Yellows know they must not lose points, just before entering the playoffs, and when the crazy gameplay continues. “Hapoel Haifa always makes us problems, there have been no easy games against it in recent years and we will have to be very sharp from the first moment,” the Yellows said.
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Daniel Tennenbaum, Maor Kandil, Eitan Tibi, Matan Balteksa, Ofir Davidzada, Shachar Phiben, Dor Peretz, Eyal Golsa, Elon Almog, Tal Ben Haim and Nick Blackman.
Hapoel Haifa: Ran Kadosh, Dor Malul, Ben Wahba, Liran Serdel, Yahav Gurfinkel, Hanan Maman, Ido Shachar, Tomer Altman, Ruslan Bersky, Alon Turgeman and Keis Ganem.
Van Leven for his part continues with the rotation as he tries to maneuver in the load. In the game against Ashdod that ended 1: 3 for the Yellows, precisely after Maccabi’s excellent first half, there was a fall in the second half that was attributed quite a bit to the heavy physical load after returning from Ukraine. This game also did not have too many days of recovery, and Beitar Jerusalem is already waiting for Monday.
Alexander Peshic will continue to be absent due to the fact that he is in solitary confinement after being infected with Corona. Jonathan Cohen is not expected to play again before the start of the playoffs as things look at the moment, and Eden Kartzev is also not expected to be fit before the playoffs kick off after the international break that awaits at the end of this month.
