Maccabi Haifa will today (Saturday) hold the concluding training ahead of tomorrow’s game against Bnei Yehuda. Maccabi Tel Aviv will play tonight against Urbani Kash and may increase the gap at the top. The Greens are trying to disengage: “We are not dealing with the state of the table, but with ourselves and what is up to us.”
In addition to the Cameroonian defender, Ernest Mabuka, Barak Bachar will have a full staff at his disposal. Today it is expected to make the decision whether Charon Sheri and Nikita Rokavica will start in the squad, after recovering from injuries and the Corona virus. In any case, the two will be on the roster and will take part in the game. If qualified, Noble Omar and Goodsway Donio will open the game on the bench. The place of Dolev Haziza, who returned from a distance in the front, is guaranteed.
It seems that no changes are expected in the link either. Neta Lavie will continue to receive credit and due to the fact that the load has decreased, it is hoped in Haifa that he will once again show his good fitness. Jose Rodriguez and Muhammad Abu Fani will complete the link trio. In the defensive part two changes are expected. Raz Meir will return to the right-back position, which he lost to Mabuka in recent games. Ofri Arad will open alongside Bogdan Planic.
Regardless of the identity of the striker who will open tomorrow, Bachar is planning four changes in the lineup he lost in the previous round to Maccabi Petah Tikva. Maccabi Haifa was waiting for the return of the derby players, as well as for Nikita Rokavica, who was absent from the pitches for over a month. Now, a real fight for every position on the pitch and a wide rotation to the crowded schedule must be preferred.
Coach Barak Bachar Referring to the upcoming game: “We do not want to relieve stress, want to deal with stress. We are in a less good period and want to get back to ourselves. We have a big and good staff, what happened was too much: dismissals, injuries and Corona. Glad everyone is back now and it gives a lot of options. We need to be the team we were during the season with good, dynamic, happy and fresh football, and now we can do it well. ”
Following the return of Haziza, Rokavica and Donio to the squad, Stav Nachmani and Nehorai Yifrach, who received minutes in the last games, will strengthen the youth team that will meet Hapoel Raj today (12:00, live broadcast on 5 SPORT).
