After the exchange between them regarding the postponement of the game, Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Tel Aviv will meet on Saturday (20:30) and fight for the title at Doha Stadium • Ben Bitton and Tal Ben Haim are expected to start in the champion squad
Maccabi Tel Aviv. The champion wanted to postpone the game
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Ami fat
Sakhnin players. The vehicle is missing for Eldad Shavit
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Maor Alexelsi
After Maccabi Tel Aviv demanded a postponement of the match and Bnei Sakhnin responded, the confrontation between the two will move on Saturday to the lawn at Doha Stadium. The event: the Toto Cup final for the 2020/21 season.
The champion will arrive in a completely different team than the one that defeated Riga on Tuesday in the first qualifying round of the Champions League, due to the fact that next week a difficult away game against Sudova awaits her in the second round. Ben Bitton, the acquisition from Hapoel B'Shlosha, is expected to start as a right-back, while the young midfielder Ido Shachar is also in the 11th picture of coach Giorgos Donis.
Maccabi Tel Aviv did not like the league administration's response that the game could not be postponed on the grounds that only the Ministry of Health ruled on the matter. However, the club said that "we have a game against Sudova, which is important not only for us, but for all Israeli football. There are good enough reasons to postpone the Toto Cup, but unfortunately it did not happen. "
On the other hand, Sakhnin is not excited about what is happening with the opponent and takes tomorrow's game very seriously. Chairman Muhammad Abu Yunis sent a message to the players: “This game is worth a lot of money for Sakhnin, money that can help the club a lot. Beyond that, there is the professional side, and it is a title that is very important to the audience and the city. "
Coach Eldad Shavit will continue with the missing lineup, without the two defenders Marun Gentos and Iquam Otin, who turned out to be positive for Corona. In the front, striker Osama Khalaila will continue to play, although he suffers from groin tenderness. And that's not the only thing that matters about the goddess. It seems that he will soon be sold to Maccabi Haifa.
The Greens are very interested in Khalaila, and in view of the fact that Sakhnin owes the Greens about $ 200,000 for the Atta Jaber deal from three years ago, Haifa is expected to reduce the amount from the purchase deal. If the deal is indeed closed, Muhammad Awad will be loaned to another team, most likely to Dutch side Walwick, and even before that he will extend his contract at the club.
The managements of both groups are in the middle of negotiations, at the end of which the 22-year-old Khalaila will sign in Carmel. Last season, Khalaila scored 13 goals in the Bnei Sakhnin uniform in the national league. Just a little over a week ago, he also scored against Maccabi Haifa, in a 0: 1 victory in the Toto Cup. The Greens' scouting lineup has been following the player for a long time, and now it seems that the move to Galim Village is closer than ever.