Maccabi Haifa took an eight-point lead over Maccabi Tel Aviv last night (Monday) after the Yellows’ 2:2 draw against Beitar Jerusalem. The Greens can increase to a double-digit gap if they win the big game against Maccabi Tel Aviv next week. Will they succeed in this? Watch the discussion in the player above
Eyal Berkovic is worried about the ability of the Greens: “There is a decrease in ability, that’s natural. It started with a storm, the question is how they will overcome the decline and manage to get back up. The league is smaller than Maccabi Haifa, no doubt. Comparatively, they were very weak, two players above all – Neta Lavi, with his head in Japan, and Charon Sherry with whom the fatigue and the decrease in ability are noticeable. There is no one to lose points.”
“All the players are squinting abroad on the way to a third championship and there is a problem here. Whoever said that Piero Kochav saw balls hitting him, Maccabi Haifa has a weak squad and brings in weak players like Aviel Zargari who is not up to speed. She needs some calibers to revitalize the squad, which Barak Becher will show that he has someone to bring in. Zargari and Bassem Zarora are not the substitutes. Hamudi Kanaan from Ashdod and Biram Kiel from Sakhnin yes.”
Eli Ohana was more optimistic: “There is no team that does not go through a phase like this during the season. Even the best face a certain decline, players who are less fit and mentally interested. There is a loss of points, luckily for Maccabi Haifa this does not happen. The release of Neta Lavi is fine, Haziza is disqualified On the brink and I don’t think there will be any more releases. I met Barak Becher and asked if he was thinking of doing something for January. He said there was a thought, but it’s not easy. The market is not saturated with good players.”
“Taviv should buy Hapoel Tel Aviv”
Ohana later commented on Hapoel Tel Aviv’s procurement situation: “I don’t understand the length of the negotiations. Decide if you want or not, due diligence all this time? Sign players, I don’t understand it. If they don’t invest tens of millions there is no news, if Hapoel Tel Aviv wants a stable future they need Eli Taviv to take them. Omer Buxenbaum should be appreciated, inexperienced and I don’t see him taking a position in the Premier League. He still stands by his principles, I understand why He’s not coming back. The owners say they don’t want him, he won’t come back.”
Berkovich added: “How many management groups have advertised and toured? I don’t know if it will happen, I don’t know them. The worst football display I saw from the Tel Aviv newspaper on Saturday, who is closer to buying, Taviv or the Americans? Taviv. The owners need to let go, the fans are suffering “. Watch >>>