Uneasy feelings at Hapoel Haifa, which finished the regular season in bitter taste after failing in its two main goals this season – to enter the top playoffs and advance in the state cup. And if that was not enough, it also added to the list a jarring loss in the form of 3: 1 to Hapoel Hadera in Sami Ofer in the last round.
Due to the difficult feelings, Haim Sylves convened his players for a long meeting in which he confessed to them about the difficult moments he went through at the end of the game: “I thought about leaving after the loss, but family do not leave.” The coach then asked each player to share his thoughts and feelings lately. “We got a slap in the last game, but from here we have to pick each other up.”
The club was also pleased to accept the decision of the association’s prosecutor, Adv. Nir Reshef, to delete the charges against Liran Serdel, who was expelled from Maccabi Tel Aviv for insulting a referee. Displays the clean behavior sheet of Sardel who has never been removed from a game before. Along with his extensive involvement in community activities in assisting distressed boys, it has been decided to drop the indictment clause, and Sardel will be available to Sylvester in the opening of the bottom playoffs.
On another issue, as part of the club’s activities, the group’s players went out yesterday to distribute food baskets to elderly immigrants in Kiryat Haim, an activity in cooperation with the Haifa Immigrant Absorption Authority. Sterling and Haifa Deputy Mayor Lazar Kaplan, who is in charge of the sports portfolio and the Aliyah Absorption Authority, congratulated the players on the activity. Earlier, a toast was held at the team club in Kiryat Haim for Passover, where owner Yoav Katz sent a special photo greeting for the holiday and captain Dor Malul greeted on behalf of the players.
