After the disappointing loss to Maccabi Haifa in the Toto Cup final yesterday, Hapoel B'Shlosha will host Maccabi Tel Aviv at Turner Stadium on Saturday (20:30).
Dor Micha's friends comforted him after the decisive miss in the penalty shootout in Netanya (7: 6).
He does not have too much time to recover, because another big game awaits him tomorrow - against the ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv, the team in which he grew up and from which he was released following the "footballers and minors" affair.
"It's not a normal game for him," his friends in the red locker room said, "he admits it will be very strange to him and hopes the excitement will pass him by in the first minutes of the game."
Micha will open at 11, and with him as well
The other players who were rested on Wednesday: Portuguese defender Helder Lopes, midfielder Roi Gordana and striker Itai Schechter.
On the other hand, Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Patrick Van Leven will not make any changes to the squad that defeated Maccabi Haifa in the previous round. Leven after the concluding workout.
Towards tomorrow, players at the Yellow Club clarified: "The wisdom is to bring the enthusiasm and energy from the game against Maccabi Haifa to Turner as well. This is an important test for our team, it is new - and every victory is worth a lot of peace and security."
All tickets for the game are expected to be sold out by the opening whistle at Turner which is expected to be full, including 2,000 fans coming from Tel Aviv.
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