No one expected Maccabi Petah Tikva, after a season of top playoff and great football, to be in the penultimate place after the 11th round, looking for solutions to get out of the crisis. The root of the problem?
It started with the departure of Liel worked for Celtic and Thai Baribo for Wolfsberger - a professional blow, as the two scored more than half of the team's goals.
Petah Tikva sought to fill in the gaps and did not hesitate to bring back Dor Jan from Portugal, but he tore the crossbar before making one appearance. Opposite MS Ashdod.
"A lot of things are not working for us this year, but our most difficult problem is that we have no attack at all," the club say.
And when you say attack, it's not just the strikers.
Winger Yaroslav Mikhalik, who arrived cheering, is defined as a "fall," and may be cut in January.
Abubaker Domvia and James the Dane do not deliver the goods, and the only one who somehow gives receipts is Lamek Benda.
Guy Luzon.
Waiting for reinforcement, Photo: Maor Elkelsi
About two months ago, Petah Tikva identified the problem in the attack and signed Abelia Amanga, but 4 days later he was released due to problems in his contract with his former team. So what is the solution to all these problems? A table - and in this league two victories and you are at the top - but without good reinforcement for the attack we will be in danger. "Petah Tikva wants to bring in two attacking players in January.
Foreigners are possible, but the team will prefer to wait for proven players who will be expelled from Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa or Hapoel B'Shlosha.
Tomorrow's game against Ashdod has been defined in Petah Tikva as a key game for the future, and it does not intend to fall asleep from the words of rival coach Ran Ben Shimon: "Maccabi Petah Tikva is a much better team than where it is."
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