Although it is only the Toto Cup, in his first official game on the lines, Barak Bachar saw Ofri Arad (9) subdue Bartakus and give the Greens a successful season opener • Sakhnin defeated Hapoel Haifa 0: 2 with goals from Jaber (3) and Shami (52)

• Maccabi Haifa players are celebrating tonight in KS

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  Ancho Gush - Ginny

• Bachar, tonight on the lines. Successful opening

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  Ancho Gush - Ginny

• Ashkenazic. Returned to the grass

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  Ancho Gush - Ginny

Yellowing grass and a crooked middle circle received Barak Bachar, for the first time officially as the coach of Maccabi Haifa. The man who started his professional path in the North deserves a little more, but that is surely the last thing that occupied him.

Bachar is in the team that also has expectations from a negligible game in the Toto Cup. At least in terms of the result, Bachar and his team met the task and started the season on the right foot. In terms of ability, even though the Greens did not absorb, it is clear that the defense still has a lot of work to do. Unlike the other big ones, Haifa maintained the base that brought in deputies last season. The problem is that apart from the base nothing new has happened and thus it will be impossible to complete a change. Bachar wants a brake, a back contact, maybe even more extreme.

Bachar changed method, composition, and even Jordan Shua played an entire half. In the end, it was Ofri Arad (9) who scored the winning goal. Urban KS mainly builds itself up for the league to prevent another episode of survival. In Haifa, on the other hand, anything but a championship and no one will survive. 

Sakhnin players celebrate, tonight with Sami Ofer // Photo: Maor Elkelsi 

Bnei Sakhnin, who managed to return to the Premier League after one season in the national team, will try everything to survive in the league. Eldad Shavit's team was successful even though it has not yet finished strengthening to beat Hapoel Haifa 0: 2. The team from the sector looked excellent when the guest on the other side did not appear for the game and hardly reached the valley situations. Ataa Jaber scored first in the third minute and Ihab Shami doubled with a great performance in the 52nd minute.