Disappointment at Hapoel Tel Aviv after the 2: 0 loss last night (Monday) to Maccabi Haifa. It was one of the hardest weeks for the club in recent years following the defeat in the Derby to Maccabi last week and a protest by fans in recent days. Expectations aside and reality aside.
The team admitted that the first half was not good and a kind of continuation of the derby, but the second half was a different story. Kobe Medicine’s players were in the game, and even Osher Davida and Freddie Floman got into situations after receiving great balls from the Rose era that garnered compliments. “If Davida had put the ball inside there is no way we would have lost the game and maybe even won,” Khodorov said.
The change in the second half came after a medical break shook his players: “I understand that you are still in trauma from the derby but get out of it, get back to yourself, that way the crowd will also appreciate you and be with you.” It was like this: after during the warm-up and the first half the crowd only despised the players and was against them, in the second half things changed. At the end of the game Medicine gathered his trainees and told them: “I am proud of you, of each and every one of you who played. We had a difficult week and you gave everything.” By the way, with the final whistle the players chose to applaud and respect the crowd, without accessing goals 4-5. “We did not want there to be a mess, we understood the sensitivity,” players explained.
As for Marko Jankovic, who was dropped from the squad due to disciplinary offenses, the player is expected to hold a clarification call with Medicine later in the day, a kind of disciplinary committee, with the expectation that he will apologize for his actions. Remember after the derby the player visited the team when he heard that there was a day off and hissed “we deserve”. Towards the end of training on Thursday he got upset about his length, which he thought was too short, started kicking balls and was rude to medicine. It should be remembered that Liankovic has a contract for another season, but these actions could have an impact on his future. “During all these days Marco only came to the gym after the team finished training. We will hear him, see what he has to say and then we will decide how to act” they said at Hapoel.
As already posted here on the Sports Channel, Medicine and Omar Boxenbaum website the professional manager is already working on the next season behind the scenes. It is clear to the two that the top task is to hit the strangers, with the main goals being to attach a foreign brake and a foreign striker. Muhammad Traore will not stay and the team will try to get him on loan. The two will make a decision by the end of the month regarding Freddie Floman, who has been surprisingly good since arriving from Ukraine. The Reds have an option for next season while the deadline is at the end of May, and they want to see how he plays in the remaining games.