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Bachar: "Obviously there is pressure, we will come back to ourselves. Rokavitsia? I don't think the injury is serious."

Maccabi Haifa was defeated in Ashdod and suffered a second loss in three games, Rokavitsia in doubt for the derby and Betar, Bachar admits that "we did not get points today" but insists: "The staff is good enough to win the championship"

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Shlomo Weiss

Saturday, 06 February 2021, 22:46

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(Photo: Liron Moldovan)

A difficult day for Maccabi Haifa.

The leader lost today (Saturday) 1: 0 to CBS Ashdod, and if until recently the Greens led the league safely and looked on their safe path to the championship, today their gap from second place shrank to only 2, in light of the dramatic victory of Maccabi Tel Aviv, 0: 1 On the people of Sakhnin.

A goal by Yaakov Barihon (79) gave Ashdod the three points, in the first game of the season in which Maccabi Haifa does not win in the league.

And if that's not enough, team star Nikita Rokavitsia was injured during the first half, and the Australian striker is in doubt for the Greens' next two games: the derby against Hapoel Haifa in the middle of the week (Wednesday), and the meeting against Betar Jerusalem which is scheduled for next Monday. The mood of his team, which suffered a fourth loss this season, and two in three games.

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Maccabi Haifa (Photo: Liron Moldovan)

Barak Bachar said at the end: "A lot of things did not work, one of our less good games. Ashdod controlled the game, we did not find solutions to move their ball. Even when we snatched we were not sharp enough to take advantage of the territories. We do not know how to win games where we are less good. 0: 1 small. We did not get any points today, there is nothing to do.

"We are now a moment after a game and I will not talk about the players.

I do not think Nikita Rokavitsia's injury is serious.

"You don't have to focus on just one game. There is a change in the gap in the table. After the loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv we won 0: 3 in a good game, today we wanted to continue the momentum and we did not do it. We had a bad game, but it is not necessarily related to pressure. "Grandpa we came under pressure, but it was a good game. We were not sharp enough and we did not move in depth. The personal abilities we have were not reflected."

On Noble: "In the last game it worked great, today the lineup worked less well. We played against a great team, which eliminated us and made us look bad. I do not know if a different lineup or a different lineup would have made us look different. The bench should contribute, even those who opened "Today we had to contribute more. It happens, one of our less good games this season."

On Ernest Mabuka: "Raz Meir got into the squad well. Even though I was a mediocre defender, I improved my abilities at the age of 23 or 24. Meir did a good job and the team did a good streak."

On Tuatha: "Mistakes are part of the game, the change of three brakes actually put us in the game a bit and we had a few good minutes and that's when we absorbed. We have good kicks and in Europe we scored some three goals off the field, we work on it a lot."

On Donio: "He barely got minutes because Rokavitsia played in all the games. We have the young Donio and Stav Nachmani. The staff is good enough to win the championship. The goal is to win the championship, there is no other goal. We are in first place, what do you want me to tell you? We "Do not want to win the championship? We have a very strong team and we will get back to ourselves on Wednesday."

On the fight against Maccabi Tel Aviv: "You talk about pressure all the time, obviously there is pressure. There are high ambitions. There is pressure and it is natural. I feel it from the beginning of the season, the pressure is there and alas if there is no pressure. I like this pressure." .

On the derby: "In the previous derby we lost in the 92nd minute and we will have to fix these things."

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