Although the Greens are in the preparation stages for the season, the club is not happy with the loss to Sakhnin in the Toto Cup: "The players' attitude is not good enough. There is an expectation for more" • Bachar wants to add a brake soon

• Maccabi Haifa at the end of the losing game against Sakhnin. Reinforcement on the way?

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  Maor Alexelsi

Maccabi Haifa is worried about the team's ability in yesterday's loss to Bnei Sakhnin in the Toto Cup (1: 0). Although the Greens marked the Toto Cup games as training for the league, at the India club: "The attitude of the players was not good enough. You see that reinforcement is needed and it will come."

Coach Barak Bachar is interested in adding a brake and a back contact as soon as possible, but now it seems that thought will be given to adding another player. Most of the disappointment in Carmel is from the defense squad. The brakes Eid Habashi and I Gershon again disappointed and of course the defenders Yahav Gurfinkel and Raz Meir. "This is not the defensive squad that will play this season, but there is still expectation for more," the team said. Beyond that, in the coming days more players will be notified that they will be loaned to other teams.

The club admits that some of the players who excelled last season, such as Neta Lavie, Nikita Rokavica, Charon Sheri and others, are still far from the fitness they had last year. In about two weeks, the first game in Europe against the Bosnian Zeleznitzer awaits Haifa, but even before that, the Greens are expecting a derby in the Toto Cup (next Sunday). Until then, the club will try to land at least one acquisition player, but even that will not help as an isolation obligation will apply to him.

Dolev Haziza. With the face of the Haifa derby // Photo: Maor Elkelsi

"We will learn from the mistakes and come to a stronger and more prepared derby," said midfielder Yuval Ashkenazi. "It has nothing to do with confidence. I think we are strong, winners. We will do it and win the next games and I trust my teammates."

On the work under Barak Bachar, Ashkenazi said: "Barak is an excellent coach and I feel excellent. We are just beginning, learning new and advanced things - to a new and good way. How different is he from confusion? Every coach has his own way and his methods. I am less into it. I am less into it. Concentrating on my work and teammates so we can do our best all the time. "

In conclusion, he was asked if Haifa would run for the championship and clarified: "Of course, the goals are clear. We know very well why Maccabi Haifa is capable and what it should do. But at the moment they are concentrating on the game on Sunday."