Like Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv will arrive at the big game on Wednesday in Bloomfield in a good mood. The champion in the last two years recorded tonight (Saturday) one of its best games this season, and defeated Maccabi Netanya 1: 3. At the same time, not everything went smoothly for the Yellows: Yonatan Cohen was injured at the start of the second half and had to make way on the pitch, as stated only four days before the meeting with the sworn rival from Carmel.
After the final whistle, Jonathan Cohen He stood in front of the microphone and promised the worried fans: “I will play against Maccabi Haifa, I feel fine.” Ahead of the intriguing game he said: “We are 8 points behind, we did not plan to be in this situation, so we come to win – there is nothing else. The game against Netanya was our best in the Van Levon era, without a doubt.”
Patrick Van Leven Asked earlier about the condition of his senior attacking player – he also sent a reassuring message: “I think everything will be fine. It does not look like a serious injury.” Van Leven also referred to the status of another striker, Itai Schechter, following recent reports that he would be leaving in January: “Itai told me he did not want to leave in January.”
On the game itself, the coach said: “I do not agree that this is our best game this season. In the first half we played at a low pace. We won twice but we had to score more. We had a lot of untapped opportunities. Haifa? We will think about it from Sunday.”
For Netanya it was a fourth consecutive loss and suddenly, after a positive season opener, she finds herself in a dangerous position – when she is only six points away from the red line. “We gave a little too much respect to Maccabi Tel Aviv, I hate that it happens during a game. Before and after games you have to give respect, during the game you have to fight like lions,” he analyzed. Raymond Atfeld The performance of his players.
