Maccabi Haifa's Australian striker is scoring every second of his kick to the frame "Confusion Bunker", Carmel calls him, and Renee Mullenstein is confident: "If he was a conqueror like that during my time, I would still coach Maccabi Haifa"

• Rokabice. The Greens have who to trust

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Assistant Australian team coach Rene Mullenstein landed in Israel this weekend to track two of his roster players - Trent Sainsbury and Nikita Rokabice. Mullenstein, who coached in Haifa until about two years ago, was not surprised that the club returned to the top of Israeli football, but what made him wonder was Rokabice's figures. "If he was a conqueror like that during my time, I would still coach Maccabi Haifa," he joked with the club members with whom he remained in good contact and was warmly welcomed.

Indeed, Rocabicca's data is amazing. Beyond being the league's top scorer with 17 conquests, the Australian has kicked only 34 times per season all season. The calculation is simple: every second kick to the frame ends on the net. "This is data that has not been here for years," the Green Club testified.

Overall, if you also consider the attempts that Rokabice sends out of the frame, he will score a goal on all three kicks. "Nikita is Marco's banter of confusion," they said in Haifa. "Marco insisted on him early in the season and wanted him while other top teams didn't want to touch him and thought he was too expensive."

Rokavice celebrates. "Marco insisted on him" // Photo: Maor Alexa

Luckily for the coach, Rocabicza was flexible and cut more than a third of his salary. And to think that the management still bargained with him for wages because the season is paid full tax for him (until the season is considered a foreigner even though he is married to an Israeli).

In conclusion, if Rokabice is kicked twice for a frame by Ohad Levita, statistics indicate that Haifa will conquer. As for the second Australian in the team - Sainsbury's, a decision will be made close to the game, as there is a debate between him and Aid Habashi. Dolev Shizza is expected to return to 11 after he went missing last week due to a yellow card accumulation.

On the other hand, HSS will rise in a thickened relationship with the two Portuguese, Joshua (back away) and David Simao. Niv Zaryan will probably lose his place in the lineup.