Maccabi Haifa fans still often sing Hallel songs at the team’s games to Liniv Ketan, who starred in the green team for quite a few years. After the team’s third promotion to the group stage of the Champions League, Ketan, who was happy about the green promotion as if he was still a team player, said Little To ONE unequivocally: “Maccabi Haifa made a justified ascent, the team went through an exceptional path. The great winner is Barak Becher, he is the star and the winner of the entire ascent of Haifa.”
Ketan also added: “Bacher went down to the smallest details almost every game, a work of thought against almost every opponent he faced. Beyond the amazing and huge qualification, Bacher’s path is worthy of appreciation.” From Ketan’s point of view, it is impossible to compare the three promotions to the Champions League: “Each promotion has its period of magic and beauty. What Maccabi Haifa did was a magical evening that entered the history books of the club. This was achieved thanks to outstanding football with a lot of thought, faith and sacrifice.”
Katan also said about the Greens’ squad: “Maccabi Haifa has outstanding players, with several leaders. There is Chiron Sherry, Neta Lavi who looks fantastic, Dolev Haziza who played great games, Omar Azili who comes off the bench and contributes and great defenders who came To the team in addition to Franzi Pierro – a ‘Bingo’ striker who was brought to the team”.
Regarding the reasons for the achievement, the former player said: “This achievement already started in the summer, when the team went to an early training camp with the entire squad of players, so Gal Alberman, the sports director, knew how to put the squad at the disposal of Bacher at the right time – which teaches about a correct way of working on the part of the team.”
Ketan also stated about Bachar that “every goal he set for his team and his team, he met it. Before the first season, he stated that the goal was to take a championship and he took a championship when in the second year he did it as well. This season he set a goal to reach the Champions League and he met it.”
Another small observer regarding Bacher’s future: “Hats off to Bacher for what he did. I have no doubt that he will go to coach abroad, but unlike other Israeli coaches, he will go with his entire team. Instead of him arriving, they will have to adapt to Bachar and not the other way around. If Bachar goes to coach overseas, it will happen in a first class club and not another club I, instead of Yaakov Shahar, give Barak Bakr three million euros for five years without the option of going abroad.”
About the expected draw for the champion, Katan said: “A lot of people ask which teams I would like to see drawn tomorrow with Maccabi Haifa, so I go a long time with the feeling that I want to see Manchester City. I would like to see Barak and Pep (Guardiola) standing next to each other. Despite the difference between them, there are some similarities between the two. Therefore, I would like to see this meeting. I would also be happy to see teams like Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, but I am most excited to see Maccabi Haifa.”