Doron Ben Dor
Dylan in Tubinsica (Omari Stein)
Maccabi Haifa will shift gears today (Friday) in regards to preparations for the “game of the season” on Sunday at 20:30 against Hapoel Beer Sheva. The one who is expected to return to the squad after a long period is the defender Dylan Batinsica, who has recovered from an injury and is already doing full training. Barak Bakr’s biggest dilemma at the moment is regarding captain Neta Lavi, who at this point intends to move to Japan, when the coach should decide whether to return him to the team or continue with Muhammad Abu Fani and Ali Muhammad who are in excellent shape.
The link will be completed by Chiron Sherry, who, despite the agreement to extend his contract for two more years, has not yet signed the contract. Carmel claims that this is a delay due to the timing of the signing ceremony. In the front part, it seems that Bachar will continue to give credit to Omer Azili and Franzi Piero, even though the latter was less good in the previous round against Maccabi Netanya. The other debate in the attack squad will be between Dean Dodd, who scored the second against the Diamonds, and Mavis Chibuta.
As far as the back is concerned, Shabdoulai Sak, who continues to impress, will continue in the center of the defense alongside Sean Goldberg. The champions are very satisfied with the pace of recovery of right back Daniel Sondgren. The Swede returned to practice with a ball yesterday and according to all estimates will be fit within three weeks, which means that he may be at Becher’s disposal in the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv in Bloomfield. Goalkeeper Josh Cohen, who returned to Israel, also began local rehabilitation.
At the same time, the Greens are working behind the scenes in favor of the possible addition of Aden Kartsev, who has priority over any other connection that comes up on the agenda. The future economic viability of being able to sell the player to Europe and the fact that he is a legitimate national team player gives the Maccabi Netanya midfielder an advantage. “We want Kartsev, but it is very complicated,” the group stated. It is not inevitable that if the champion insists on bringing Kartsev as a replacement for Lavi, it will be in a trade plus a considerable sum.
