Maccabi Haifa will renew its preparations for the State Cup game on Saturday against Hapoel Jerusalem. San Menachem will try to return to full training for the first time since the injury against Hapoel Nof Hagalil. At the same time, already in the coming weeks the Greens may get back one of their most significant players in recent years.
Neta Lavie, who played only 30 minutes in the league this season against Hapoel Jerusalem, is increasing the pace of training with fitness coaches Dror Shimshon and Uri Harel and will soon return to training with his friends. Despite the good ability of the ties, the professional team has admitted that Lavie is a very important player and is waiting for his return. The club is optimistic that the captain will be fit for this season’s game against Maccabi Tel Aviv in two and a half weeks (3.1) at the Sami Ofer Stadium.
On the less optimistic side, Taleb Twataha was announced yesterday (Wednesday) that he will be out for at least three months following a rupture of the main tendon. The player was very disappointed, as he managed to return to Barak Bachar’s rotation and will now have to undergo a long rehabilitation. Aside from Twataha, Mahmoud Jaber is also still injured.
Ahead of the cup meeting against Hapoel Jerusalem on Saturday, Barak Bachar is expected to make changes to the squad he started against Betar Jerusalem on Monday, while the following Tuesday the Greens expect a meeting against Hapoel Hadera. Dolev Haziza, who served a suspension in the last game, is expected to return to 11th.
Whoever might get another chance between the posts is Roy Mishpati. The goalkeeper excelled in the game against Feyenoord and the UEFA noted that the Israeli recorded the most stops (8) in the sixth round of the home games.
Ryan Strain is also expected to get more minutes, after coming in as a substitute against Betar. Ben Shehar, Maor Levy and Ofri Arad are also in Bachar’s lineup for Shabbat.
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