It is said that an inch of luck is better than a mile of reason.
So Maccabi Haifa was lucky enough to achieve tonight (Thursday) a first victory in the home stage of the Conference League, a 0: 1 home win over Slavia Prague.
It's not that the Israeli champion was bad against the Czechs, but sometimes everything has to come together to take the victory, and that's exactly what happened to Sami Ofer.
Josh Cohen caught a day at the gate, the king of the Czech league goals, Jan Koquta, missed in front of an exposed goal, Ali Muhammad was everywhere on the field and Haifa also received help from above, literally.
Because the conqueror of the Gate of Victory Goodsway (means through God) is called Donio, and Haifa needed a lot of help, even from spiritual places.
Photo: Maor Elkelsi,
Slavia is of better quality, and will not tell stories of significant shortcomings in the squad.
This is the second year in a row that they do not go to the Holy Land.
A year after losing 3: 1 to Hapoel BS in a game in which they sat on the Reds' goal, they did it again with Sami Ofer in many parts of the game, but returned home without points.
Welcome Maccabi Haifa to the European arena, for the first time in 8 years a victory in the home stage.
It happens in a quality home against a strong opponent.
Great experience for the continuation of the road in the coming years and another barrier along the way, as only Barak Bachar knows.
Photo: Maor Elkelsi,
Photo: Maor Elkelsi,
Photo: Maor Elkelsi,
Photo: Maor Elkelsi,
Photo: Maor Elkelsi,