Doron Ben Dor
Ali Muhammad (Radad Jabara)
Good news for Maccabi Haifa. The team’s midfielder Ali Muhammad had a full training session yesterday and will be fit for this season’s game against Hapoel Beer Sheva. At this stage, at least, it is not clear in which formation Barak Bakr will start, but a headache for the coach in the midfield will be between Ali Muhammad, Muhammad Abu Fani and Mahmoud Jaber, who is supposed to start tonight (Tuesday, 21:45) in the Israeli team against Switzerland.
Jaber’s teammate and player of the Greens, Dolev Haziza, is also scheduled to start against Switzerland and it is not impossible that if necessary and there is a load on the winger (he also played against Kosovo), he will start on the bench against Beer Sheva and be integrated on the fly. In such a situation, Omar Atzili, Franzi Piero and Dia Saba will play in the front, with Chiron Sherry behind them.
The one who will definitely return to the lineup is defender Daniel Sondgren, who did not play against MS Ashdod due to accumulating yellow cards. Shawn Goldberg continues to speed up the pace of training and it is estimated that the stopper will be fit and start in the center of the defense in place of the distant Dylan Betobinsika.
Striker Nikita Rukavica returned to training after recovering from a recurring injury and may find himself on the bench together with Dean David, who has been “stuck” for a relatively long time on eight goals and is having difficulty at this stage recovering his ability from the previous season. Maccabi Haifa hopes to beat Beer Sheva and increase the gap to seven points, which may be enough for the team later in the race to win the title.
