Maccabi Haifa is in a very bad time. The Greens wanted to get out of the crisis on Saturday at the 11A Stadium, but lost 3:1 to MS Ashdod and yesterday (Monday) saw Maccabi Tel Aviv reduce the gap from them to 5 points after the victory over Hapoel BS. The press stand panel commented on the decline of Maccabi Haifa.
former player Eyal Berkovich He said: “There’s no way out of a crisis in Ashdod. It’s hard to play on their disgusting field, and in recent weeks I’ve seen Ashdod and Ran Ben Shimon build a great team there. It’s hard to know what’s going wrong in Haifa, it’s hard to explain the drop in ability. Something bad is happening there, in my opinion the transfer of Dia Saba harms the hierarchy of the players.”
“If Atzil was the undisputed star, suddenly Dia Saba arrived and then he’s on the bench,” Barko continued. “It undermines each other’s respect, fewer balls reach each player. They say that the best player in the country? Let him solve the problem. Regarding Abu Fani, bring in Goni Noor to be 6 – he was a star in Hapoel Jerusalem and a great individual and a great player, he should be allowed to play. Times have changed in terms of the attitude towards stars. In the Champions League, Atzili did not start in some of the games, I did not understand why. It is easier to wave stars today, today’s stars are not stars.”
Eli Ohana He added: “In my opinion, something bad is happening between Barak Becher and Omar Atzili. It started at the beginning of the season with the games in Europe where we saw Atzili on the bench in the important games and he expressed his protest about it. It is true that he received a contract until 2026, but things may be happening there that we don’t know. I’m not saying this from knowledge but from a feeling, a team like Haifa – Atzili must be in the lineup. Sometimes he’s better or worse, but he’s a player who in one move makes the difference.”