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Barak Bachar: "The court, Corona, subtractions - I applaud the players"
Although they needed a goal in the 90th minute against Umm al-Fahm, the Maccabi Haifa players actually received compliments from their coach: "Tuatha was injured, the youngsters helped."
Donio: "Credit to the team, not to me."
Ionir: "We had a chance today"
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Maccabi Haifa
Barak Bachar
Shlomo Weiss
Saturday, February 20, 2021, 10:39 p.m.
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The main thing is victory.
Bachar (Photo: Maor Elkelsi)
Quite a few heartbeats went through the players and fans of Maccabi Haifa tonight (Saturday) in the eighth round of the State Cup, until Goodsway Donio arrived and gave the Greens a dramatic 1: 2 over Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in the 90th minute.
The team from the national league, which stunned Maccabi Tel Aviv last season with a big turnaround and 2: 3 and then was eliminated by Maccabi Haifa in the quarterfinals, stretched the Premier League lead and almost forced another overtime in the cup round (after six in the previous eight games). Davar exhausted her strength and she surrendered to Donio's third straight goal, which has provided the goods since Nikita Rokavitsia was injured, and tonight gave the Greens the all-important victory.
"We made life difficult for ourselves, unfortunately, but in the end, as the best of the cliché, we have to win and move on," Barak Bachar concluded.
"We knew it would not be easy, we need to praise Umm al-Fahm who came to play football and also scored a beautiful goal. We did not think it would be easy, after we were led 0-1 we could have made things much easier. I actually want to praise the guys, after the court, "Corona, a lot of deductions. Tuatha was injured and we have to appreciate this effort, there were some other players who were not at their best, and there were also young people who showed good things. We used the whole staff and that is positive. The young people helped us win the game."
Bachar added: "We had to disconnect, we are professionals. There is no doubt that the game was not good, but I would rather finish this week well and now there is a whole week to recover and see which of the injured will return. Everyone dreams of lifting the trophy, and so do we."
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Donio (Photo: Maor Elkelsi)
Goalkeeper Goodsway Donio, who celebrated a third consecutive goal, added: "It's a great feeling, not just for me but for the team. It was a good performance for us and it's a great pleasure. It's not just mine but teamwork, I give all the credit to the team. I feel "Great here. We play good football, we have a great team and a great coach, we will go step by step."
Got along with a very lacking staff.
Haifa (Photo: Maor Elkelsi)
On the other hand, losing coach Motti Ionir concluded: "Unfortunately we lost the chance to make a surprise here at the late goal that prevented extra time. But what can I say, my players did what they could, gave, fought, tried. There were minutes we played well, especially in the first half, and that It's clear. In the end, the league is the most important thing, but we had an opportunity today - Maccabi Haifa in its not the strongest team. It was not far, but it was not easy either. We are not in danger of a real relegation in the league, but we need to bring results, "Football is a game of results and not of beauty. We need to start bringing victories."
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