Feeling missed at Hapoel Tel Aviv from home loss to Hapoel Haifa, with a tough playing sequence before them: "We could be calm with a foot and a half in the top playoffs" • Klinger: "No disaster happened, sometimes it's good to get shaken" • Felipe Rodrigues will open with Sammy Ofer?

• The Reds end a painful home loss

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  Alan Shaver

"This loss does not come on time," these words of Nir Klinger, after the loss last night to Hapoel Haifa are a perfect description of the situation of Hapoel Tel Aviv. The Reds already smelled the top playoffs, but the loss disrupted the plans a bit and now they are out for a series of difficult games These include Maccabi Haifa, Betar Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

"If we beat Hapoel Haifa we could be relaxed with a foot and a half in the top playoffs. It is frustrating that we did not do that," says a club member, who believes, "We must take points against the big ones." Already in the third, you will meet Maccabi Haifa, and the big goal of the club is to try to train brake and captain Oral Degani, who suffered a back injury, but will today try to train.

The worker may join another striker or midfielder by the end of the transfer window, depending on developments in the local market and players who will be released or loaned from the other teams. "We may be strengthened by another player and may not be," the club admitted.

Olha. "Patience for all players" // Photo: Alan Shiber

The midfielder Felipe Rodrigues, who came in as a substitute and showed how many qualities he has, is likely to be taken into consideration for the lineup already in front of the Greens. In contrast, Michael Oulha, again opened the lineup but left no impression too positive, beyond the gate he conquered and disqualified by the screen judge. Coach Nir Klinger said of Olha: "We are patient for all of our players. When winning, there is no striker problem and losers have a striker problem. I do not live by these graphs."

On the loss to Hapoel Haifa who brought her back to the playoff picture, Klinger said: "No disaster happened, upside down, sometimes it's good to get shaken. You have to understand that no one is waiting for us with a red carpet and if we want to get something we have to take it by force."