The Greens celebrated the 4: 4 against Hapoel, who returned the gap from the Maccabi at the summit to six points • Confusion won the compliments: "He continues his way and the results speak for themselves" • Estimation: 20,000 spectators will attend the trophy encounter in the "Q Fourth

• Maccabi Haifa players celebrate last night // Photo: Alan Shiber

The Maccabi Haifa team opened the table this morning and saw that the team has 58 points at the end of the regular season. All last season (ten more games) that's exactly the number of points the Green scored. Meanwhile, the impressive points accumulation put the Greens in second place when the big win over Hapoel last night brought the Maccabi gap to six points for the opening playoffs.

"All the compliments are coming to Marco's confusion," they said at the club, adding: "He continues his path and the results speak for themselves. The most fun and offensive team that has been here in many years."

As confusion revealed last week, his contract for next season is still not guaranteed and a decision on him will only be made at the end of the season. However, there is already someone in the system who said last night that "he deserves to continue on what he has done here in the past year."

Alongside the compliments and joy of the win, Haifa will return to the lot on Wednesday, where she will again host Hapoel, this time as part of the quarterfinals. "This will be a completely different Hashem, we have no doubt about it," the Green Club made it clear, adding: "They will come. To play more controlled, you have to prepare for them with the utmost respect, seriousness and vigilance.

All players without exception were praised for the game against BS. "Years that were no strangers like Janik Wildshot and Chiron Cherry, influential goalie like Josh Cohen and dominant midfielder like Neta Lavie," Carmel said.

Lavi by the way, was given a fifth yellow card that would result in his absence from the first round of the top playoffs, where Haifa will play against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Ahead of the cup game, Haifa sold about 13,000 tickets, but from the beginning of last night there was a resurgence and there were loads on the box office this morning. It is estimated that at least 20,000 viewers will arrive. From a professional standpoint, there is currently only one debate between Cintayahu Selich and Shalev Dolev in midfield when, despite the game's close proximity, confusion is expected to continue as usual and the first is expected to continue on 11.