Maccabi Haifa managed to leave Bloomfield tonight (Monday) with a point after a goal by Charon Sherry with a free kick in the 93rd minute. The Greens squeezed 1: 1 from Maccabi Tel Aviv from a beautiful goal by Charon Sheri and maintained a gap of seven points from Hapoel Beer Sheva II.
Guy Sarfati stood tonight on the lines instead of Barak Bachar mourning the death of his brother. A Frenchman said at the end: “First of all, I want to express my condolences to the Bachar and Barak families. We received the news this morning in shock. We strengthen them, the entire Maccabi Haifa family. Barak is our coach and beyond that he is our friend.”
The assistant coach added: “Personally I feel good. I would rather be on the field and not on the lines… It was a beautiful event, football at a level, pace, good and brave players. Everyone has dreams and of course I want to integrate into Israeli football, but right now I am good.”
The Frenchman continued: “We started well, according to the plan. Maccabi Tel Aviv played a diamond, the goal was to play from the sides, then there were some events that made us get under pressure – especially in defense which is an area we are not suitable to press. I moved to three brakes, Maccabi moved to 4 “Then we didn’t need three brakes and we went back to 4-3-3 ourselves. From that moment on, we dominated.”
On Charon Cherry who scored a late equalizer: “He is a player with a lot of experience. He was not brilliant, but he is a leader and takes the team forward. The players who came in with spirit and quality. I loved that even after the 1: 1 the guys wanted to win This is the spirit of Maccabi Haifa. “
On a noble Omar who looks very disappointed after being replaced in the 60th minute: “Omar is a key player, an excellent player, he contributes to Maccabi Haifa both in personality and quality of game. When you get to big games there are 7-8 players at a high level, some better and some less “Good. Omar is no different. We really appreciate him.”
Charon Cherry who scored the equalizer: “We are all with the coach in these difficult moments. After we were behind I had a chance to score, but then I thought I could not disappoint the coach and knew I would win later. I am glad it happened and happier I put a smile on my face. the coach”.
The Dutchman continued: “In the first 20 minutes we played well, but then we lost control and they were better. We talked in the locker room and said we need to play better. We have seven more games, we are in good shape, but we have to keep going.”
In the next round, Maccabi Tel Aviv will play Hapoel Beer Sheva away and then meet it in the Bloomfield Cup.