After a few days of celebrations, since officially securing the championship, Maccabi Haifa is now preparing for the last game of the season in the league, in which it will host Maccabi Netanya on Saturday (20:30, Sport4). The one who will not be able to be on the field is Ben Shehar, who injured his foot in the team’s training and went to the hospital, where it became clear after a photo that he was suffering from a crisis in the comb bone. The period of absence is estimated at three months.
The game on Saturday will be a general foreigner for the Greens ahead of the meeting with Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Teddy State Cup final on Tuesday, and Barak Bachar will have to decide whether to run the first team or allow some of the players to rest. The yellowed Dolev Haziza and Din David, who could not want the penalty because of the cancellation of the game against Bnei Sakhnin, will not be on the roster.
In the previous meeting between the teams, Maccabi Netanya defeated Maccabi Haifa 0: 3 and he said that today Barak Bachar At the press conference, while also referring to the many championship celebrations: “We celebrate because we deserve to celebrate. Last year we could not celebrate so much and this year we worked very hard so we could celebrate. We did a club event, we celebrated and were happy, but the wisdom is to know how to make the switch “Our job is to prepare the players and we will meet Maccabi Netanya who made us a school in the previous game – it’s a coronation game and I will not say we want revenge, but we do want to win. The switch starts from today.”
On the championship celebrations of the fans tonight: “You have to know how to respect the crowd, because they deserve it, but there will be no celebrations until the morning. Saturday will be the coronation and there will be some celebrations again, but on Tuesday we have a cup final and for us It’s mine and the team’s to take care of combining things, because alongside the celebrations we have two very difficult games ahead of us. “
If he is not afraid to reach the Cup final after two weeks without intense games: “This is a good question. There is a lot of thought and team talks on the subject, because even the game that was not played against Sakhnin changed the picture for us, less players were supposed to play there. “It can look bad against Maccabi Netanya in the coronation game. We will know how to divide the forces.”
His opinion on the events of the canceled match against Bnei Sakhnin: “Talked about it enough, but I can say professionally that it was very disappointing because we wanted after two losses to play well and also let players who have played less recently come up to play. It was also supposed to be an official championship game for me “8,000 green fans who saw their madness and their desire to be a part of it. I will not get into legal matters, it was very disappointing for us and I will not say that it disrupted our plans, but it definitely hurt the preparation.”
Thoughts on next season: “Behind the scenes there are those who work not only for next year, but for years to come, but it is too early to talk about next season. It is fun to see Yankele happy and that the trust he has given me and the players has paid off. “On Saturday and Tuesday we have important games – he also makes sure to tell us that.”
The results on the season summary broadcast: Saturday at 19:30 (Sports 4)