Maccabi Haifa won the Toto Cup tonight (Wednesday) after a dramatic 6: 7 on penalties against Hapoel Beer Sheva (1: 1 at the end of 120 minutes).
The Green Champion won her second title of the 2021/22 season.
On the other hand, Dor Micha, who missed the eighth penalty, finished as the team's tragic hero from the Negev capital.
At the end, Micha had a particularly hard time stopping the tears for long minutes on the lawn as all the players surrounded him and tried to calm him down.
"It's a natural blanket to be disappointed. The players eat the heart," coach Roni Levy said at the end, "Coaches like to see players who react like this to disappointments."
Master's degree this season.
Maccabi Haifa, Photo: Alan Shiber
"Losing on penalties is never pleasant, we reached opportunities that could have decided the game. Unfortunately we did not, we conceded a goal and on penalties anything can happen. Our schedule is very tough - we played on Saturday, Wednesday and again Saturday.
I made my considerations to let the players rest before Maccabi Tel Aviv. I hope we will recover and arrive most prepared for the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Do not forget that they defeated Maccabi Haifa. "
Haifa celebrates equality, Photo: Danny Maron
On the other hand, Barak Bachar admitted that the task was not easy: "We had to compensate the crowd after the loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv. This is what is sad and beautiful in football. We gained a lot of players here, and we need to cheer for players who play less. "Degrees for a club four months apart is great fun."
On the publications about the possible arrival of a local reinforcement: "We want Omri Altman, but at the moment it is not working out."
