Maccabi Haifa will host the Dutch Feyenoord tomorrow (Tuesday, 17:30) for its first game in the home stage of the Conference League.
Sami Ofer Stadium is not expected to be full, although about 15-18 thousand spectators will support the champion players.
The champions' squad for tomorrow is not yet closed.
Contact Muhammad Abu Fani has not yet summed up his terms and if that happens, he will be on the roster and will change the picture.
Right now, Jose Rodriguez and Ali Muhammad will open at the back link while Noble Omar, Charon Sheri and Dean David will step up at the front.
In the defensive squad, stopper Ofri Arad will be included in the squad despite being in mourning and he is in the 11th picture alongside Bogdan Planic.
Coach Barak Bachar and Dutch midfielder Charon Sherry arrived at the press conference ahead of the game.
Sherry has aroused interest in the Dutch media following his move to the Dutch league and he has previously met Feyenoord as a Twente player.
"Feyenoord is a very offensive, attractive, very talented team," said Bachar, "I got to play against them with BS two years ago.
We are ready for a big challenge.
After the victory over Sakhnin it is more fun to prepare and open the houses stage.
We are both very offensive teams and it will be very interesting, I believe there will be goals. "
On the level differences: "There is no doubt that Feyenoord is an excellent team and a great club in the Netherlands with quality players. We strongly believe in ourselves with the crowd and the goal is to come up and do everything to win."
On the chances to take points: "We don't have to talk about chances, we have to play and see what our situation is. Each game individually. The goal is to come and do everything to win tomorrow. There is a difficult game. Only this game is important right now and we want to make the crowd happy and take a significant step for This club. "
On the management of the staff ahead of tomorrow's game and ahead of the meeting with Maccabi Tel Aviv on Saturday: "We believe it is possible to combine.
We will of course have to use all the staff wisely.
We will have to divide the forces and know how to use them all, we have good players. "
On the Muhammad Abu Fani saga: "We have a game tomorrow and that is more important than anything else."
Minister against Sakhnin on Saturday, Danny Maron
Charon Sherry first told the Dutch media: "It's always fun when there is contact. I played with a number of players from there and I would love to laugh at them after. I really like Israel and my family enjoys it here. You can compare Maccabi Haifa and Feyenoord because there are two big teams in their country and they have Burned fans. "
The Surinamese then added: "I have played with two players who play for Feyenoord and a lot of coaches in the Netherlands know my quality. We have to take points in every game at home."
On the ups and downs in his fitness: "I try to do the best for my team. Sometimes you play well and sometimes you don't. I try to do the best and tomorrow I will do the same. This year I would like to do similar numbers to last year and even more. I believe in myself and love the pressure."
