Amit Karko 27/01/2021 07:10
Yoel Abuhatzira (Radad Jabara)
Great happiness at Maccabi Petah Tikva after the victory last night (Tuesday), when the team managed to add another dramatic victory to the balance when this time they defeated Hapoel Haifa in the 91st minute at the Sami Ofer Stadium, with 1: 2 thanks to a winning goal by Liel Abda, once again. The Malabes are in third place in the table and seem to have managed to forget about the less successful round opener they have had.
Defender Yinon Eliyahu complained about Corona’s symptoms, including an unusual weakness, and the team summoned all the players and the professional team for tests, also due to a player from the youth who has been positive in recent days.
Eliyahu told his friends that he felt better today, only suffering from minor sore throats and sure that he had only cooled down but not beyond. In the club, however, no risks are taken and as mentioned, all the team players are currently conducting tests.
In the procurement segment, the group decided to sign Yoel Abuhatzira, who has been examined in recent days. The 24-year-old striker will sign until the end of the season when the Malabes will have the option to sign him for another season at the end of the season.
Back to the game – the league’s surprise from the first round is back to itself, at least that’s how it looks from the last two games. Guy Luzon’s team is already with its ninth win of the season and again it does it in extra time, again with whoever appears to be its big winner, Liel Abda who scored a second game in a row in those minutes and tipped the spoon in favor of his team. This is actually the fourth time that the young talent is directly responsible for the team’s dramatic victories this season while he is already with a balance of six goals and three assists so far. “No one is happier than me,” the club chairman said at the end Avi Luzon, “We finish a game with a victory in Haifa when on the field in the front, I have Liel Abda, Thai Baribo and Daniel Golani, is there anything better than that?”
Luzon’s winning trio makes an amazing impression so far in the league, no doubt, but at the same time Maccabi Petah Tikva knows that they will have to find solutions for next season when at least two of the three will not be at the club. As for Avda, Petah Tikva are not ready to hear about an offer for him at this stage of the season and are deciding that the 19-year-old will stay until the summer anyway thinking it is the right thing for him at this stage. As for Brivo who scored the equalizer after stepping off the bench, the situation No longer in their hands as the striker who grew up at the club ends his contract this summer and in fact can already sign a new team at the end of the season. The team claims that they put on the table of the player and his representatives an improved offer. Which suits him, but from conversations in the player’s environment it seems that his representatives do not see this as an option and are waiting for the end of the season in order to find him a team in Europe.
Petah Tikva does not remain indifferent to the fact that Barivo already has five goals this season, even though he usually rises from the bench and rarely gets credit in the first team, the club made it clear that it has nothing to do with the contract, “We love Thai and always want his success, Guy accepts “His professional decisions. To be the ace coming off the bench is not a shame,” they claimed. The player himself also sounded determined when asked at the end if he sees a connection between things, “Regardless of how Sagi coaches, another good thing that can be said about him is that he has no names, he does not have how much you earn or how many bought you, no contracts, who is good In his opinion of course he is the one playing so I know the decision is clean. Every time I say that just as he gives to me he can also not give to me so I look at things this way. Future? I hope to continue like this, not thinking ahead, trying to concentrate on the here and now because otherwise I would not be present in the here and now. I am currently at Maccabi Petah Tikva and I am fine, I hope to continue to give results, “he said In his rib.
Meanwhile, the one who did get credit for Luzon’s 11 is Abdiel Arroyo who has already been notified to look for a new team but the professional team said the player has shown more commitment and willingness over the past two weeks as Armando Cooper’s arrival from Panama to the team also improved the player’s mood. The club did not hide that the fact that there is a great difficulty and no ability to land new foreigners at the moment was also added, so it was decided to give it a chance. As for Cooper, the player who was involved in the goal that balanced the result, is praised for the ability he has shown since returning to the ranks of the Blues.
Those who still received compliments are the brake duo, Orr Balorian and Daniel Flesher who returned to collaborate as they did last year in the team’s promotion season and once again proved their excellent fit. As you may recall, Flesher started the season mostly on the bench when Marcus Deniz was given priority alongside Lorian who displayed defensive stability, but the Brazilian’s injury that is expected to last for several more weeks brought the brakes back and he squeezes compliments both on and off the field and is highly regarded by Guy Luzon.
The crowded game schedule does not allow the blue team to celebrate too much as the joy after the victory in Haifa did not lead to an extraordinary celebration, with the aim of keeping the players on the ground for the next game when Petah Tikva will host Betar Jerusalem this coming Saturday. .
