Doron Ben Dor
Maccabi Haifa players (Omari Stein)
Maccabi Haifa will hold its final training session at Sami Ofer ahead of its final match tomorrow (Wednesday, 10:00 p.m.) against Benfica Lisbon in the Champions League. The club is aware of the differences in quality between the teams and that the Portuguese will arrive with the clear goal of winning to leave themselves a chance for first place at the expense of Paris Saint-Germain, who will play in Turin, but still – as long as there is a chance – the Greens do not intend to give up and will do everything to at least get a point.
Coach Barak Becher will decide whether the defender Dylan Betobinsika will play or not. The defender is determined to play and if he does a full training session, the chance that he will start will be great. Meanwhile, Maccabi Haifa do not hide their satisfaction with the situation in the table. Maccabi Tel Aviv’s loss yesterday to Hapoel Be’er Sheva left the champions with a two point advantage at the top.
“The fact that we are in first place with two four points after the Champions League is a tremendous success,” said the team. At the same time, the team does not hide their concern that the various fan organizations intend to boycott the game at Teddy against Beitar: “It is impossible to go to Teddy in front of 20,000 Beitar fans without your audience. It could hurt us professionally like it hurt us against Hapoel Jerusalem in the same stadium. We hope that the audience will return,” the group added.
