Hapoel Haifa is trying to convey optimism for the continuation of the fight for a ticket to the top playoffs, but the club is aware that only a victory in the upcoming game against Maccabi Tel Aviv in Bloomfield can leave a real chance to meet the goal that boss Yoav Katz set for the team at the beginning of the season.
Currently, the disappointment is huge given the fact that there is a reasonable chance that the team will not reach the top playoffs and will have to pass the time in the bottom playoffs. At the same time, as long as there is a chance, Elisha Levy will have to bring from his experience to meet the goal.
The sale of tickets for the derby against Maccabi Haifa has indeed opened, but it is clear that from the red side it is going lazily and is currently far from satisfactory. The general feeling is that there is a crisis of trust between the club and the fans, who fear that in addition to the number of tickets allocated for Maccabi Haifa (about 18,000), more tickets will be allocated to the green fans.
At the moment, the southern stand for families, which contains 2,500 tickets, has not been sold to either party and if there is no response from Hapoel fans, it will be allocated for the benefit of Maccabi fans. “There is a crisis with some of the fans, mainly because of the results of the senior team. When at the beginning of the season the team was successful, we saw close to 2,000 fans in the colony, which proves that everything is a function of success. A victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv “It is time for the players to understand that they have a great responsibility to change the atmosphere and the chances of reaching the top playoffs,” the team said.