The Maccabi Haifa bus entered the KS Brewers stadium for a long time that felt as if it had driven the entire route 90 on the way north. This is not an ordinary field, but one that has in its trunk memories like Mike Amenga and a tie that almost cost the greens in the championship two years ago.
The thoughts of PSG on Tuesday are already in the mind and with this weight, the champion should have returned from the north with 3 precious points. It happened, but on the field it was no less difficult than the reverse of the bus. The misses of Dean Dodd, Frendzy Piero and their friends were not something usual.
The forward part of Barak Becher cut through the defense of KS Barchot, but in front of the goal he did everything by force. Maybe it’s the load, maybe other reasons, but if it weren’t for these misses in the first half, the trip to the north would have been much more relaxing. Itamar Shabiru doesn’t have the Champions League on The head, I doubt if he even knows who Mike Amenga is, so without worries it is much easier to conquer, certainly when the goal in front of him is the team that the whole league wants to win.
In the end, Maccabi Haifa won, but the feeling is that not everyone came to defend last night at KSH. It’s not a specific player. Because Neta Lavi can miss like it happened in the first goal and so can Dylan Batinsika in the second goal. When the trunk is full like every time you come to KSH, If all the players do not cram everything on the grass the points will not go in. Every time Haifa scored, they were exposed enough to steal the tie. This time she had you in Tubinsica on time, but who guarantees that he will be there next time?
Gal Alberman sat last night in the Kash stadium and watched the game. He is happy with the victory, I’m sure Barak Becher is too, but these two are always thinking about how to make Maccabi Haifa better. Itamar Shabiru is a player who can help them in their final goal.
Beyond the duo in front of them, the team’s striker can add a dimension that is currently missing: a rotation player who is worth goals in the lineup or from the bench, one who can be thrown in at the 60th minute and change offensive momentum. Now, the concerns in the professional team are not only in the front, but also in the defense. Daniel Sondgren’s injury requires anxiety treatment.
Maccabi Haifa brought the most beautiful crystal in the store, she guarded it jealously but last night something in it broke. Now it needs to be fixed and until that happens, someone will have to fill his place and it is not clear who. In the meantime, with what we have, Barak Becher and his team are tied at the top of the table with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Now we just need to cram in the trunk a little more. 3 more points against MS Ashdod, then another against Beitar Jerusalem, in the derby and finally a last ditch effort against Hapoel Tel Aviv. All the players will have to give an effort, everyone in the squad. When the reverse goes hard at the end, you can speed up as the straight line arrives, and it will arrive after the World Cup break.
The writer is a commentator on “Radio Haifa”
