2024-07-29 07:15:59
Maccabi Haifa Take off on Wednesday to Azerbaijan, for the return match against Azeri Sabah in the Conference League qualifiers. The Greens come to the rematch with a big backlog, after losing 3:0 in the first game, knowing that only a big win and a dramatic recovery will take the team to the next round (Thursday, 19:00, Sport 1).
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First game in Europe this season. Maccabi Haifa | Official website, Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa
The withdrawal from the Conference League at this point is already very significant in terms of the professional aspect of losing ranking points as well as the financial aspect that the club’s leaders have built on. Qualifying for the group stage in the Conference League is worth around three million euros, this is in addition to various bonuses and grants for the second and third round of the qualifiers, and each home win is worth an additional half a million euros. In a season when it is impossible to host in Israel and the financial loss due to not selling tickets to the home stadium, in the European games, huge, qualifying for the home games was of real financial importance, and if yes. a miracle does not happen in the return, the club will now suffer a serious blow.
In addition to the bad result, the coach Barak Becher has a big headache regarding the team of the defensive part, due to the injuries of the brake Lorenzo Shimich (knee injury) and the defender Maor Kandil, who are very doubtful. the game. If you take into account the absence of Shawn Goldberg, who is in the Olympics, and the fact that Abdoulaye Sek will be included in the squad, but is not yet able to start in the lineup, coach Bacher will improvise in the back. . Goni Naor may start at stopper, with Rami Gershon also in the picture.
In Haifa they accepted that Omer Atzili will not sign with the team this summer and now the professional team will try to find other players for the right wing position.
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