Doron Ben Dor
Noble Omar and Ernest Mabuka (Omri Stein)
Yesterday (Saturday) Maccabi Haifa marked another V on the long road to achieving the coveted title when they won a convincing 2: 4 victory against Kiryat Shmona. The Greens are pleased that despite the lack of outstanding scorers of the season, Nikita Rokavica and Dolev Haziza, who were out of the squad, and the return of Chiron Cherry to the bench after recovering from Corona, the team has shown clear superiority over the opponent.
Barak Bachar’s team showed character when they came back from an early deficit and scored a convincing goal that was enough for them to stay at home for the tenth time this season. Following the victory, Maccabi Haifa temporarily reopened the gap at the top to five points, all on the eve of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game against MS Ashdod.
Bogdan Planic who returned to the center of defense as his teammate Jose Rodriguez continue to rake in all possible compliments but yesterday they were not alone. The Israeli acquisition Omar Atzili, who is repeatedly reinforced by club members and professional staff, also received compliments this time after he cooked a goal and was very active: “Atzili is only sixty percent in his ability and he proves how much potential he has in his legs. Atzili works and invests a lot in training and games. Also in cooking, “the group said.
The club all the way expected that one of the link players, Rodriguez, Abu Fani or Neta Lavi, would also contribute numbers in the front and yesterday it was Muhammad Abu Fani who scored a pair of goals and won more than a good word at the end. Ernest Mabuka who once again scored a goal for Goodsway Donio just as he did in last week’s cup win continues to establish his position in the squad: “Mabuka did not happen to be the same player everyone knew. Mabuka adds and contributes not only in the attacking game but also in the defensive game, “the team added.
Ahead of the continuation of the games this week, Maccabi Haifa is expecting a league game on Wednesday in Bloomfield against Hapoel Tel Aviv and three days later at home against Maccabi Petah Tikva. Towards Hapoel Tel Aviv, they will return to the San Menachem squad that ended up wanting a two-game suspension for the derby events and Chiron Sheri, who was included yesterday and will open at the expense of Yannick Wildshot, who opened the game well yesterday but was less dominant later until he was replaced. Bachar continues the same trend of sharing home players, including Maor Levy, Nehorai Yifrach and others who join a total of eight home players who participated in the game yesterday.
