Doron Ben Dor 25/01/2021 10:15
noble. Will open in front of the ex? (Omri Stein)
At Maccabi Haifa, the countdown began ahead of this season’s game against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Wednesday at Bloomfield Stadium. Despite the eight-point gap from the champion, Haifa strives to reach the highest level of readiness possible in order to achieve a good result that will establish the team at the top of the league.
This is also the reason why Haifa tries to maintain modesty and not make statements before the game. “Everyone knows very well that the balance in recent years in games between the two teams is not in our favor, so we have to come modest,” the team said.
Coach Barak Bachar will have a full staff at his disposal, including the pair of midfielders Muhammad Abu Fani and Jose Rodriguez. Abu Fani will certainly return to the squad at the expense of Yuval Ashkenazi, who is having a hard time restoring his good ability from last season. Bachar has not yet decided whether to start with Rodriguez returning to the squad.
In such a situation, Bachar has ten confident players in the squad for Maccabi Tel Aviv, with the big question being which of the three – Rodriguez, Omar Atzili or Yannick Wildshot will open at 11. Wildshot is showing signs of returning to playing fitness Opponents’ defensive players.
The other players who are due to start are Josh Cohen, Raz Meir, Bogdan Planich, Ofri Arad, San Menachem, Neta Lavie, Muhammad Abu Fani, Chiron Shari, Dolev Haziza and Nikita Rokavica.
Haifa is very encouraged by the fact that Rokavica, the king of the team’s goals, returned to score and more with a penalty. Rokavica, who did not score in the two games that preceded Bnei Sakhnin, managed to miss two penalties this season and despite that it was decided to allow the Australian to kick, which will probably add to his confidence.
