Hapoel Haifa held its concluding training this morning (Wednesday) ahead of the derby against Maccabi, which will be held tomorrow (20:30) at the Sami Ofer Stadium.
About 500 tickets are left for the red crowd, but it is estimated that they will be sold until the opening whistle.
All the other 27,000 seats were sold out last week.
The Reds' coach, Elisha Levy, will be missing the injured striker Alon Turgeman.
The young Itai Boganim is expected to open in his place.
The concern at Hapoel is mainly due to the fact that the brakeman tried Capiloto is ill and has not taken part in the last training sessions since the loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv. Who did against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
"Whoever says the derby is another game, it's not true," Elisha Levy said at the game press conference, adding: "It will be a very difficult game. Every game is different and if we come prepared it is up to us. I hope we can take points."
After the recent loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv and the less good game, which does not characterize his team this season, Levy said: "I think the team received compliments because of what we did on the field.
Football is a very dynamic and fluid thing and there is no reason why one bad game or another will upset us.
"In football we always have to find solutions and we have recently been hit by such and other injuries, the most significant of which is Alon Turgeman who hit us. We will have to find ideas on how to play our good football. Against Maccabi Tel Aviv, which is a strong team, we lost Stationary.
We are facing the derby and we do not have time to look back, but only to learn lessons and come to the best possible derby. "
On his opponent tomorrow, Maccabi Haifa, the Hapoel coach said: "Maccabi Haifa is in the best shape in the league, probably in front of its audience. It is very trained, but we are also a good team and we will have to show it. If we want to stay at the top, we need to know how to take something." .
Hapoel Haifa players.
Elisha Levy believes in them, Photo: Maor Elkelsi
Elisha Levy was asked about Boganim and the fact that he was supposed to start in the squad against Maccabi Tel Aviv, but it did not happen due to a busy neck: "I trust him very much, he did a lot this year and played well in the young team and when he joined us.
It was a coincidence here that before Maccabi he was very ill and on the day of the game his neck was caught, and he was not sure he could play.
This is perfectly normal and I had no choice.
For me an actor who does not feel safe, should be given the time.
He did not train for two days because he is ill. "
On the atmosphere among the fans and the club: "There is a very great feature and you can feel it. Our fans are insane and it doesn't matter how many they are, but we have to play football and I hope after the derby they will talk about football and not things like that happened so I focus on this issue of football" .
On the January transfer window: "When we get to January we will have to think about where we need the most players, back or front, and bring point reinforcements like everyone else does. It depends on how Ness Zamir comes back and then we decide which position or two it is."
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