A great evening for Maccabi Haifa. The Greens took the monkey off their backs today (Monday) with a dramatic 2: 3 and a late comeback against Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Greens’ first victory over the Yellows since 2016 in a meeting between the champion and its runner-up. At the end of the winning coach, Barak Bachar, Was happy.
Bachar: “We did it like winners. To my joy in the half we did not play the way we want to play. In the first half there was a mess. I told the players in the simplest and most relaxed way that there should be order, everyone should do what they know and play in their place. For the game and maybe we will even win. “
“It went the hardest there is, but the sweetest there is. A big win there is. There is no doubt that this crowd gave us a crazy boost, at every moment he made us believe we could come back, even behind. We went into a very big pit and we managed to come out like winners, each of the players Here it is. Each of the players gave everything, it was reminiscent of the 2: 2 last year and not easy. We felt we were in good shape, in a good period, the lag confused us. It made us untidy and not good on offense. I’m glad they saw from the beginning that we play “True, we won rightly,” the coach continued.
“We had to bet at the end and we succeeded, it was also possible not to succeed. At 2: 0 they whistled a penalty and it could have been 3: 0. I’m glad the bet was successful, they were unable to stop it at 2: 2. This big win is important, But we are only in second place and the league is long. We have a home game against a very strong team. We know this and are happy, but tomorrow we will start thinking about Maccabi Petah Tikva away. Always hard against the latter. The work has to be done there as well. We knew we had to win, the crowd had huge expectations. I got hundreds or thousands of messages from fans saying it was the most important game with all due respect to the fives and sixths. “I’m glad it’s finally possible to go happy and get that monkey off your back,” Bachar said.
The coach concluded: “We came ready for their squad, we absorbed myself from a projector and it disrupted, put them in great confidence. The second goal came from our loss. It all happened so fast, it put us in the game. There was not so much football in the first half. We were a bit in the market. I said “For the players in a relaxed way, they understand interest. We have to come, be organized, I’m glad we did it and it paid off. That’s the most important thing.”
Muhammad Abu Fani Was pleased: “We share the grief of the Kaz family, hope we made them happy. Glad we were able to get back in the game and win it at the end after conceding two early goals. We waited a long time. We proved we are mentally strong and we are a different team, not giving up a game. Every victory makes us feel good, we have a very clear goal this year. We hope not to wait so long to beat Maccabi Tel Aviv. “
The connection referred to the future: “We have already forgotten about this game, we have a very important game on Saturday. We have a league on Saturday, we need to prepare. Hapoel B’Shlosha is very strong, we need to prepare. We are confident in ourselves, continuing on our path. Any team can stop us, any team can play great and make our lives difficult. We are concentrating on ourselves. “
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