The Greens defeated Rostov 1: 2 and are 90 minutes away from the home stage • Shomorodov (9) gave the hosts the lead but Roakavica (20) and Abu Fani (60) made a wonderful turnaround • Next week: Tottenham are expected to host Bachar and his players
Abu Fani in a frenzy, tonight in Russia
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Rokavica celebrates equality, tonight
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Maccabi Haifa players at the end of the game, tonight in Rostov
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Barak Bachar has developed expertise in breaking down barriers.
He did this dozens of times as the coach of Hapoel BS and for that purpose Maccabi Haifa brought him. 10 years that the Greens did not go through checkpoints, they had a hard time even in front of "bumpers" (who said Noma Clio?). Was a permanent member in the house stages, but not in recent years.
Then came Bachar, and suddenly Haifa passes good European rivals.
Bosnian Zeleznitzer and Kazakh Kyrat were the "bumpers."
But the Russian Rostov is undoubtedly a barrier.
Not only because of the recent years in which Haifa would have lost such a game on the plane, but also the fact that the Greens have never won on Russian soil.
Torpedo, locomotive and CSKA made Moscow a less preferred destination. This time, Rostov, Nikita Rokavica and Muhammad Abu Fani conquered and became an early lag. It is to go from checkpoint to checkpoint, something psychological that is starting to work for the team in the green.
Cherry with the ball, tonight in Russia // Photo: Courtesy of Maccabi Haifa
Bachar came up with a set of three brakes.
There were years when a change of lineup at Maccabi Haifa felt like a short between the brain and the legs.
But suddenly it seems natural.
A team that moves from an array to which it is used to three brakes, but that somehow makes it better.
The coach changes methods, before and during games, and no less important, he taught the existing staff of Maccabi Haifa to do so over a period of two months.
It's not perfect yet, but Bogdan Planic, looks like bingo and Muhammad Abu Fani feels like a purchase for Bachar even though he grew up in Kfar Galim and got used to making his way to other teams like Hapoel Hadera.
In the next stage, London is waiting for Maccabi Haifa.
English Tottenham is no longer a barrier but a mountain, but Bachar also makes Maccabi Haifa believe.
