The Yellows are bursting with talent, but won only thanks to luck and tenacity - and despite a defense reminiscent of yellow and perforated cheese • Haim Sylves' team will be content with compliments
Jonathan Cohen.
Made the difference in the 94th minute
Photography:
Ami fat
We are only in December but it can already be determined - Maccabi Tel Aviv's iron defense, which was a besieged wall last year, looks like a yellow cheese full of holes this season.
After last week MS Ashdod celebrated on its way to a 2: 3 victory, yesterday it was Hapoel Haifa's turn to give its own trio, only luckily for Maccabi did they manage to win 3: 4 crazy this time
We will return to the shocking defense of Maccabi Tel Aviv, but the game in Bloomfield was really one of the craziest we saw .. What was not in it? Beams, two penalties, another penalty that is canceled because of the VAR and rightly so, dozens of situations, fast pace, reversal, or if you will Neighborhood and most tactical football there is, and even announcer Shai Sidi did not know whether to scream into the empty stands: "What is happening here is unbelievable."
This victory of Maccabi Tel Aviv showed everything about the team of Giorgos Donis. It is bursting with talent on the one hand, but needs situation after situation to score. And on the other hand, as mentioned, its defense is unable to face any opponent in the Premier League. Haifa almost ended at the gate.
Erel and Ganem. Made fun of the Maccabi Tel Aviv defense // Photo: Ami Shumen
In addition, the yellow team also has the coach who makes mistakes, such as putting together Shahar Phiben, who did not play for such a long time, in a position foreign to him as the right-back, and the mistakes on the part of the player were not long in coming.
Donis must leverage this victory and instill in his players confidence, reminding them that they are worth far more than they have provided so far in the league, especially in the offensive section, and we have seen what Jonathan Cohen (pair) and Alexander Peshich are capable of giving.
But if at the same time the Greek fails to change something drastic in his ability of defense from end to end before January, another championship for the Yellows could be a dream in aspemia.
Haim Sylves saw his team beat the champion and perhaps undermine Donis' status, but a few minutes of fatigue and a deeply questionable penalty in extra time overwhelmed the match and this time Hapoel Haifa will only settle for compliments.
