Doron Ben Dor 20/02/2021 09:37
Josh Cohen (Omri Stein)
Without its three outstanding scorers this season, Nikita Rokavica and Chiron Sheri (who fell in Corona) and the yellowed Dolev Haziza, Maccabi Haifa will try tonight (Saturday, 20:30) to pass Hapoel Umm al-Fahm from the national league without any special problems, in the eighth round of the State Cup .
On another subject, after a year in which he was Josh Cohen As a temporary resident, the long-awaited approval came from the Ministry of the Interior and the Green Goalkeeper arrived at the Ministry of the Interior accompanied by his lawyer, Liat Steinberg Harlamp, who handled the case from the beginning, to obtain an Israeli identity card and passport with new immigrant status. “It is a very happy and exciting day. The process was long, but it was worth it and now I can continue to play and live in Israel as a citizen,” Cohen said at the time of receiving citizenship.
Back to the cup game. Barak Bachar’s team, which managed to successfully pass the derby events with a smooth and convincing victory against Betar Jerusalem, will lack in addition to its outstanding scorers also foreign stopper Bogdan Planic, who became the mainstay at the back. Rami Gershon and allow him to get the first minutes to start and integrate, knowing that in the current game the brake will be able to get the keys in the center of defense alongside Ofri Arad.
The one who is supposed to set the tone at the front and start making the change for him is Noble Omar, who will return to the lineup. So far the connection is not convincing enough but on the green side of Haifa there is all the patience about him, knowing that he is a very talented player who should provide the numbers expected of him: “This is a noble opportunity to take the attack on the shoulders, especially in the absence of key players at the front.”
Alongside the nobles practiced from the front Goodsway Donio and Yannick Wildshot. There was a dilemma between the Dutchman and Muhammad Awad, but it seems that Wildshot will win the credit. The refreshing change will be in the link – if so far he has preferred not to dismantle the trio of Jose Rodriguez, Neta Lavie and Muhammad Abu Fani, this time he has chosen to practice Maor Levy, who is supposed to be the man to provide balls for the offensive part. Taleb Twataha will finally have to make voices of the one who returns to himself in the left-back position, after replacing the suspended Sun Menachem. Omri Glazer practiced at the goal, who started the season as the first goalkeeper and later vacated his place in favor of Josh Cohen.
Estimated composition: Omri Glazer, Taleb Twataha, Rami Gershon, Ofri Arad, Ernest Mabuka, Neta Lavie, Jose Rodriguez, Maor Levy, Omer Atzili, Yannick Wildshot and Goodsway Donio.
