With 15 points left in the coffers until the end of the regular season in the Premier League, Maccabi Netanya, which wants to get the coveted ticket to the top playoffs after a one-year break, sees itself within touching distance of the goal. In fact, her coach, Raymond Atwald, believes his team (she has 30 points) will need at least four more points to make and actually marks goals for his players ahead of the next five games. On the other hand, Hapoel Tel Aviv, which has 20 points like Bnei Yehuda and Bnei Sakhnin, is ahead of the red line only thanks to better goal difference and is in fact one of the last three in the Premier League.
“From the experience of recent years, we will need a number of points between 34 and 40 points,” he replied Atwald On the question of how many points in his opinion will be enough to qualify for the playoffs, before he addressed the opponent today (Saturday, 18:45) at the stadium in Netanya, Hapoel Tel Aviv, which the Diamonds will also meet in the eighth finals of the State Cup.
“Yes, the trophy draw brought us to another meeting against them,” Atwald said. “We treat every game as if it is a cup final. We want to win all the games, but also Hapoel Tel Aviv. Especially after their substantial strengthening in January, there will be a completely different game from our previous game against them, where they will look for a way out of the danger zone and we will want to maintain our position in the top playoffs. “Every game stands on its own, like a cup final, as I said.”
Netanya received bad news from Ben Azoubel, who underwent surgery at night with a complete tear in his ankle ligaments and will be out of action for about two months, a reminder of the injury he suffered against the Jordan Valley in the cup last week. Like him, Lamek Benda was injured, even before him, in the ankle, but his injury is less severe.
Regarding Ajoubel’s injury, the coach said: “Ben’s injury is serious, and he will be out for a while. Bad luck? I do not think it has anything to do with luck, but with a very severe tackle they performed on him. Hopefully Benda will return to training soon. So with Almog Cohen. “The injuries are different and have different recovery prospects. Let’s hope we can get everyone back to activity soon.”
Then, Azobel He wrote on his Instagram account: “Getting injured is never fun, no one is preparing you for this moment, but I know it’s part of the game, for better or worse. I wanted to be a full partner in the playoffs and trophy fights, but trust the guys to do the job like That is necessary. I already miss it. Come on, Netanya. ”
The lineup Maccabi Netanya: Danny Amos, Karem Jaber, Dolev Azulai, Shir Tzedek, Zlatan Shachovich, Omri Gandelman, Aviv Avraham, Gabi Kanikovsky, Chen Ezra Abubakar Dombia and Fernand Guri.
Salim Toema: “Returning to our real battle in the league”
“After going through a stage in the cup, we are back in the league and our real battle,” the assistant coach said Salim tastes Towards Maccabi Netanya. “The players are very ready, ready for this game, we have prepared them properly. I very much hope that we will pass this game, win it and move on.”
“I’m glad we went through a stage in the cup, it was very important for morale, for the players,” he said Grouper. “Now our head in the league, it’s a season game, a tough game. We come prepared, know what we want from ourselves, the coach has prepared us properly and we come to take the points.”
The operating vehicle Tel Aviv: Ernests Shtakus, Ben Bitton, Iyad Abu Abid, Sianda Kolo, Danny Grupper, Shai Elias, Dan Einbinder, Omri Altman, Osher Davida, Lidor Cohen (Raz Stein) and Shlomi Azulai.