Cheerful of its victory in the state cup over Hapoel Petah Tikva on Thursday, but after three winless games in the league, Maccabi Netanya will host Hapoel Haifa tonight (19:15) when the club knows that three points are a must to continue fighting for a place in the top playoffs and especially to escape a little From the underground struggles.
“We are opening the second round and want to open it well. Improve everything we did not do well in the first round and start accumulating points,” said the coach Bnei Lem. “We expect a difficult game against a good team, although in a less good period, but a strong team with good player material. We still have those who have been sent off and injured, but everyone who comes to the game will give the 100% and I believe it will be good. “
connection Yuval Sadeh He added: “We are prepared like any other game. No matter who the opponent is. We learned about Hapoel Haifa everything we need to learn and we are trying to apply it in training right now, to prepare best. I am sure there will be a good atmosphere with a lot of spectators and of course we will be happy. “It happens. We come to play football and the most important thing is to win.”
Professionally, coach Bnei Lem will be missing Aviv Avraham who is injured in the back muscle, while Parfaa Guyagon will also want his last game as part of the suspension he received from the Football Association tribunal. The one who will return to the squad is midfielder Abubkar Domvia.
Lem is expected to make three changes from the squad he started against Hapoel Petah Tikva on Thursday: Zlatan Shachovich will return from a distance in place of Rotem Keller, with Yuval Sadeh or Naftali Blai replacing the injured Aviv Avraham. In the offensive part, Abubaker Dombia will return directly to the lineup, with Shalem undecided between Yaniv Mizrahi and Shalom Edri.
Estimated composition: Danny Amos, Karem Jaber, Shir Tzedek, Omri Gandelman, Raz Shlomo, Zlatan Shachovich, Yuval Sadeh (Naftali Blai), Boris Ino, Abubaker Dombia, Yaniv Mizrahi (Shalom Edri) and Igor Zlatanovich.
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