Hapoel Haifa’s bad start to the season, along with the recent disappointing results, secured them a place in the lower playoffs – but yesterday (Tuesday), they almost completely forgot about it with an impressive comeback against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Unfortunately, the comeback ended in a goal that was disqualified (rightly) in the The morning after, the Hapoel Haifa coach spoke to “5 in the air” about the fateful upside, the refereeing mistakes, the offensive football and his future in Carmel.
“We were involved in a lot of dramatic games this year, I guess it’s to the delight of the spectators. It sucks to lose, especially with the feeling that we could have challenged Maccabi Tel Aviv more. Sucks a lot, but move on. Last season, we made a great achievement and reached the top playoffs, but I have to say that football was not good enough. We thought we could play better, and we wanted to do it this year. ”
“It was a very complicated year in its organization, we were very hesitant to bring in foreigners, there was no training camp. We entered this season with a different agenda of more offensive football, and because of the situation there were mistakes along the way and we paid for it in results. We chose football over results. I think we play the most beautiful football in the country, we conquer a lot but also absorb a lot. ”
“The upside? They did not understand me correctly. I do not know if there was or was not, but what bothered me was that the Kwon was in the line of the lift and did not raise the flag for long seconds and was not VAR. He probably did not see an upside immediately. “The flag is straight. I don’t want it to sound like whining. If he had raised the flag straight, I would have been mad but it’s part of the game. What matters to me is that he tended not to raise the flag. I was annoyed that something happened at that time until he raised the flag.”
“Last week he made a mistake to the detriment of Hapoel Haifa and the referees’ union admitted it. Let’s say this time he made a mistake and did not see the difference, so why are you intervening? Maybe if there was a VAR he would have corrected and determined that he was Pendel.”
On his future at Hapoel Haifa and the rumors of a breakup, Sylves said: “Well, what’s new? It’s part of the profession, I’m not sure there is one coach in the Premier League who knows if he will continue next season. I understand that in terms of goals we set for ourselves we did not meet them. “Be good and improve the feeling. There are all sorts of reasons and of course I’m responsible for it, but note that only Maccabi Tel Aviv managed to overcome the bad season opener.”
