Doron Ben Dor
Roni Levy (Omari Stein)
Hapoel Haifa is officially out of the top playoffs. The Carmel Reds recorded their seventh loss in a row in the city derby when they surrendered 4:1 to Maccabi Haifa in the 25th round of the Premier League and lost their chances of finishing among the top six in the table.
team coach, Roni Levy, said after the game: “The team is in the bottom playoffs, can we summarize the season? Doesn’t sum up the season. The goal was a top playoff at first, but the goals changed along the way. There was a situation where I had to fight not to be relegated and we saw today that we are not a playoff team. am i late Can be. The roster building was not good enough. I arrived after one win in ten games and to dream of playoffs after such a streak is too big. We saw today that the team is not good enough for the playoffs.”
“After I arrived, we stabilized the defense. We wanted to reduce the gaps from Maccabi Haifa who are very talented. We entered the worst possible game in the world. Many teams can collapse after such an opening, but we managed to stabilize a bit. The bench of Hanan Maman and Alon Turgeman? I’m not coming to Derby to do an educational series. In the previous derby they opened and it was no better. We try all the options and combinations. Hanan is injured, and I preferred to give Mohamed Kamara the keys instead of Alon. Maybe he will return to start the next game.”
“Do I stay in the group? You never know what will happen. We have a good owner with a lot of desire to fix and improve. is he disappointed He knew what to expect after I arrived, things did not come as a surprise, there was a stage where I personally thought the team would fight against relegation. We managed to open a gap and be close to getting into the playoffs, I think that’s the maximum we could do. I’m afraid of the bottom playoffs that we won’t get stuck at the bottom.”
“January we did everything to bring in players and it is difficult to change the whole team, you can only make some improvements. What did I say at halftime? I lifted their heads and strengthened them. Getting two quick goals is very dangerous and can degenerate into bad places, I tried to pick them up and I think they did their best”, concluded the coach.
conqueror of the shrinking gate, Liran Serdal, concluded: “We arrived with the feeling that we can take points. They prepared us to start the game without conceding, but we conceded two quick goals and chasing Maccabi Haifa is very difficult. I feel sorry for the audience and I feel sorry for them. Bottom playoff? We started the season not well, after that we started to get good results and we dreamed of the top playoffs, but we didn’t succeed. Now the goal is to stay in the league.”
