Maccabi Haifa was already complete with a draw against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the game of the season yesterday (Wednesday). Barak Bachar brought in Taleb Twataha and Maor Levy in the 90th minute to put fresh feet into the game, but he also did not expect what would happen then. Twataha was unable to stop Matan Hozaz and Bogdan Planic who came to his aid, committed an offense and awarded a penalty to the yellow-blues. The feelings of the club members from the Carmel at the end were very bad.
The gap between Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv was reduced to five points, with last night’s victory opening a gap of 11 in the table. Now, the team will have to start getting used to the new situation. The players were shocked, and Yaakov Shachar sitting in the stands looked sore and disappointed. Dolev Haziza He said at the end: “The game ended in bad luck. I wanted to die from it, but that’s what it is. They won and we have to move on.”
In retrospect, it seems that Twataha’s exchange for San Menachem was the moment they will be remembered in Haifa, at least until the next meeting between the teams. The explanation of the professional team was that they recognized that Matan Hozaz was in good shape and tried to stop him.
The general feeling among the Greens is that we have not done them justice: “Maccabi Tel Aviv stung us, we played better than them. There were minutes when they played bunker, it didn’t feel like it was their home game. “However, the team admitted that it was not one of their best games this season:” We were not at our best and there were minutes when we disappeared. The preparation was excellent so we started the game well, but we did not maintain a level equal to 90 minutes and we will have to improve it. “
Barak Bachar Referring to the feelings of the fans: “Very disappointing, especially after in the first half we dominated and we had to lead and maybe finish the game. The second half was even, I know how disappointed the fans are to lose to Maccabi Tel Aviv at such a minute. We will do everything to get back on track on Sunday. “
And if the second goal is recorded for the duty of Twataha and Bogdan Planic, in the first goal there was a poor save by Raz Meir on Tal Ben Haim. Apart from the penalty not committed to the reality of Planich, the Maccabi Haifa defense center recorded a very good game. In terms of aggressiveness and determination, the table leader was first last night. The club also made an effort to train Jose Rodriguez and it returned with a good game that included ten saves.
The worrying statistic is that Nikita Rokavica, the king of the team’s goals, did not threaten the goal of Maccabi Tel Aviv at all. And the identity of the opponent.A number of clashes on the lawn and between the benches reinforce the claim.
Also, before the penalty that Planich committed, he suffered an injury, but a sign that he could continue. The Serbian brake will be tested ahead of the meeting against Hapoel Kfar Saba. Bachar may rotate for the next game, with Noble Wildshot in the lineup. Rodriguez, who received a yellow card last night, will be absent against Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in the state cup.
