The Maccabi Haifa coach was satisfied after the 0: 3 in Sakhnin: "In the second half we made the game easy" • On the Australian who was replaced: "If he had won I would have taken him out first" • Avitan:
Barak Bachar.
Running to the championship?
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Maor Alexelsi
Maccabi Haifa conquered the summit.
Barak Bachar's Greens continued their great momentum tonight (Tuesday), achieving a third consecutive victory on the way to first place in the Premier League, this time with a 0: 3 share over Bnei Sakhnin in Doha.
San Menachem (5) found the net already in the opening, Sheri doubled in the 63rd minute and Dolev Haziza joined the celebration in the 77th minute.
On the other hand, after three wins from four games, Nisso Avitan's team was stopped in the green and remained stuck in tenth place.
"We managed to learn lessons from the two losses in which we played less well," Barak Bachar said at the end. "It was important to return to playing good team football. We managed to win two games on very difficult away pitches that I know well.
"I am happy that we won three times in a row and twice in two very difficult away games. Although I also have criticism of the game today, after half an hour we went down and invited Sakhnin to attack and only luckily we did not absorb. I am happy that in the second half the players were more efficient.
"In every game we absorbed until the last three games, I said it was something on the team level. I heard criticism of the defenders and brakes and should be praised."
On Rokavica, who was stopped and substituted after 12 consecutive games in which he scored: "I waited with the substitution, if he had scored I would have taken him out earlier but there is a limit to how much you can wait. Not bad, let a new streak begin."
"It was very important to win. Even the fact that we do not absorb adds confidence and see it on the pitch," added San Menachem. "It starts from the striker to the defensive line. It is important to make a good sequence and gain more confidence. If Maccabi Haifa offers me a contract, I would be very happy to stay here. I feel at home here and have been here for six years, I would love to continue here. "
Avitan, on the other hand, tried to provide his conclusion: "In the second half, Maccabi Haifa was too easy and we suffered from a stationary situation as a gift in the first half. I take the positive things, in the first half we had very good minutes and we could also score. We knew we wanted to play football and it worked for us. "Some of the time, but in the test of the result it did not work. We made great progress, today we did not take points, but we are with the face forward."