The championship race opens a game. The dramatic victory of Maccabi Tel Aviv over Sakhnin and the loss of Maccabi Haifa in Ashdod reduced the gap at the top to 2 points, and everything is open. Sports Channel commentator Eyal Berkovich analyzed the struggle in Sha’ar Hashabbat, not impressed by the ability of the Greens and Yellows. But pointed to one difference, which could decide the championship fight.
“Maccabi Haifa came unprepared to Ashdod, they came soft and this is the second game that Barak Bachar loses the game to,” Berkowitz began his remarks, “In the game of the season he also changed the defensive line, and yesterday he did it. We do not change a stable defensive game “It’s a rule not to go through it. That’s why the defensive players did not find themselves, did not know where to stand and it resulted in a loss.”
Berkowitz later commented on Rokavica’s injury: “From the start of the season I shout that Maccabi Haifa owes a backup to Rokavica. Due to being a leading striker to the championship, Maccabi Haifa’s problem is not only Rokavica, who has been weak recently, but Maccabi Haifa has no second-line scorers – last year it was Ashkenazi, but Muhammad Abu Fani and Neta Lavi have not contributed to the attack. “From Maccabi Tel Aviv, and we saw it in the game this season and yesterday, she will have to know how to deal with it.”
On the other hand, Maccabi Tel Aviv did not shine again, but what does it matter when the wonderful streak of Van to Greece continues. “Maccabi Tel Aviv was very weak, the team was weak and the exchanges were not good,” Berkowitz analyzed, Tel Aviv – was coincidental, the difference is that Maccabi Tel Aviv has players who know how to take championships, while Maccabi Haifa has no experienced players who were in these positions. Maccabi Tel Aviv does not produce an orderly attacking game, has no attacking patterns and does not have a striker who produces goals regularly. “Like Rokavica, she plays uncreatively, and that can cost her dearly.”
“At the same time, a championship needs to know how to take,” the “magician” explained, “Players who have taken a championship know how to take a championship, and those without experience, do not know how to do it. That is exactly the difference. My bet, Maccabi Tel Aviv is a non-creative team and it will hurt it. “
“Van Liven made a fundamental change and it was a success – but today he did not hit the substitutions or the squad, the victory over Sakhnin is a matter of luck,” Berkowitz concluded. For those who are good and do not make changes. “