Maccabi Haifa is a champion
At a good and successful time, Maccabi Haifa can celebrate a championship. Last night (Sat, 21/5/2022) the outgoing and incoming champion defeated Maccabi Netanya 4-0 in front of 29,258 spectators at the Sami Ofer Stadium in Haifa in the 36th and final round of the Premier League in football. One more goal remains for the Greens this season, and that is the state cup final on Tuesday against Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Substitutes do the job
The team that Barak Bachar brought up was not the strongest, nor was it really necessary, since the championship had already been promised. Roy Mishpati stood at the gate in place of the injured Josh Cohen; Muhammad Abu Fani, Ali Muhammad and Charon Shari were eliminated in favor of Mahmoud Jaber, Maor Levy and Neta Lavi; Mavis Chibuta took the place of the dismissed Dolev Haziza; Noble Omar did not start in the 11th and was replaced by San Menachem; And Goodsway Donio was placed at the helm in place of Dean David who mourned the death of his mother.
In the 20th minute, the blitz started on the guest’s hair. Jaber put a ball to Chibuta who penetrated the field, but goalkeeper Danny Amos tripped him. Chibuta went to perform the penalty, Dyke from the penalty spot and made a tribute to Dean David Hubble. Jaber continued to play her Andres Iniesta and in the 33rd minute sent Donio into a confrontation with Amos. The offender misled the goalkeeper and finally rolled into the net. All Netanya managed to do in the first half was a shot by Igor Zlatanovich pressed in the 40th minute. The Greens lead 2: 0 at the half.
Noble wants a double double
Towards the second half, Azili and Rami Gershon replaced Donio and Bogdan Planic. Noble, who came on the field with 19 goals and 9 assists, wanted to complete double digits in both categories, and for that he needed cooking. The half started with a hard blow to the Greens. My lip, which was out of work in the first half, absorbed a bullet in the groin. As he could not continue, third goalkeeper Roy Fox came in to replace him. My family will probably not be able to play in the state cup final on Tuesday, and efforts will be made to train Cohen.
Fox passed the tests set for him by Netanya, including a shot by Zlatanovich and a kick by Parfa Guigon off the field. On the other hand, the champion stung in the 66th minute, and again Jaber recorded a cook. He left a ball in the heel for Noble who kicked to Amos’ net his 20th of the season and the champion’s 3-0. 13 minutes later he found the double double he so wanted, when he sent a ball from the right to the field and Maor Levy subdued Amos. 20 goals and 10 assists for the king of goals and assists of the league, who was also selected as the player of the season. 4: 0 Green at the end.
After the game the players could finally celebrate and also swing the championship plate. After playing 35 games (mention should be made of the game against Bnei Sakhnin that was canceled) the Greens have 75 points, and assuming a technical loss is announced for a team from the Galilee, they will end the season with 78 points.
Now all that separates Maccabi Haifa from a perfect and historic season of winning all 4 possible titles in Israeli football is the final of the State Cup against Hapoel Beer Sheva at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem (Tuesday, 24/5/2022). They will be there as national champions for the 2nd time in a row and for the 14th time in their history, and they will be looking for the 7th trophy in history and the first since 2016.
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