Without taking Rokavica who gradually returned to training, Goodsway Donio who was injured in the last game and also Dolev Haziza who was sent off, Maccabi Haifa hopes to continue the momentum and ensure at least one more round at the top, when tonight (Saturday, 19:50) it will host Maccabi Petah Tikva and Guy Luzon.
Compared to the missing, those who will return to the Greens are Eid Habashi, who will return from suspension, and Yuval Ashkenazi, who will be on the roster after a long absence due to injury. Haifa knows very well that the road to a title is difficult and winding and is convinced that the ability in the second half against Hapoel Tel Aviv, although not a characteristic of the team, will not return against the Malabes in order not to allow Maccabi Tel Aviv II to close the gap or perhaps pass them.
Muhammad Awad, who was returned in the transfer window, is expected to open in the center of attack alongside Omar Atzili and Chiron Sheri, who scored the first goal in Bloomfield. No change is expected in the link when Jose Rodriguez, Muhammad Abu Fani and Neta Lavi will continue. The team is aware of what is happening among the social networks where the fans feel frustration and discrimination from the referees, but the team prefers to concentrate on themselves. “We have to do our job on the pitch and not engage in anything else. “We have proven so far that we are the best and play the best football in the country and that is the most important and that is the only thing that needs to be concentrated on,” the team said. Barak Bachar preferred not to practice the squad for the game and only later will he inform the players about the final squad.
Bachar He said ahead of the game: “The second half against Hapoel Tel Aviv was not good to say the least, but happy that we won and players squeezed themselves. The whole league is busy, even Maccabi Petah Tikva comes with a third game a week like us, so there are no excuses. We will use the entire staff, we will try to refresh and end the week in a good way. “
Rival: “Petah Tikva is an excellent team and it is not just that it is at the top. It will be a tough game against a team that comes and plays football, it will be interesting and hope we win in the end. “My goal as a coach is to improve, certainly when conceding three goals in the last two games and we will try to improve it so as not to absorb.”
The improvement of Mabuka: “He’s a professional, not playing a full round and getting into a derby in an important game and helping the team win is something that is not obvious, I’m glad he came back to himself, just keep going like this. Awad? We will wait for Saturday and see the lineup, but regardless Awad has returned with a good attitude and wants to succeed, sure he will help us later. “Rokavica is one of the professionals I coached, he has symptoms and it may take him a while to come back, but he will come back big.” San Menachem He said: “Maccabi Petah Tikva is a strong team, remember that from the previous round. We will study its advantages and disadvantages and come and do the work. “
Estimated composition: Josh Cohen, Ernest Mabuka (Raz Meir), Bogdan Planich, Ofri Arad, San Menachem, Neta Lavie, Jose Rodriguez, Muhammad Abu Fani, Omar Atzili, Chiron Shari and Muhammad Awad.
Jordan Cohen: “Need full concentration, want to be in the top playoff”
Guy Luzon’s team ended in a draw in the last round against Maccabi Netanya and is in fourth place in the table with 33 points after 22 games (missing game), the same number as Hapoel Beer Sheva in fifth place. The team knows that each point can help them in the fight for the long-awaited ticket and therefore they will be happy to surprise the leader they lost in the previous round. “We are in the final stages of the regular season and the importance of the game is crucial for us,” he explained Guy Luzon Before the meeting with the Greens, “we will do everything to come back with the three points.”
The shield Jordan Cohen Returning from a suspension for accumulating yellow cards, he also referred to the opponent and said: “Maccabi Haifa is a team that scores a lot of goals. We need to be in full concentration throughout the game, all the players, including the attacking players, the defensive players, do the defensive game together. We do not come to idle, we come to win with all our might. ‘
The stubborn battle for the top playoff: ‘Obviously we want to get into the top playoffs but less looking at other teams, we depend on ourselves. We come with the goal of taking the points from each game and I hope that will be the case in the next game as well. ”
On the professional side, the coach surprised when he decided to practice Avdiel Arroyo in the squad alongside Liel Abda. While it seems that this time will come up with an array of two brakes and a thickened link as Arad Bar and Naor Sabag practiced alongside Armando Cooper and Eitan Azoulay. Tomer Levy and Yarden Cohen are expected to return as defenders in place of Yinon Eliyahu and Muhammad Handi. Ihab Abu Alshikh is out of the squad against the team from which he is on loan, and Yoel Abuhatzira is also out.
Estimated composition: Arik Janko, Tomer Levy, Or Balorian (Marcus Diniz), Daniel Flesher, Yarden Cohen, Arad Bar, Naor Sabag, Eitan Azoulay, Armando Cooper, Avdiel Arroyo, Liel Abda.