After he and his players missed an opportunity to escape to Maccabi Tel Aviv with a draw against BS (1: 1), Maccabi Haifa coach Barak Bachar remained optimistic
Bachar, tonight at Turner
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Alan Shiver
Maccabi Haifa finished tonight (Monday) with a 1-1 draw against Hapoel BS at Turner Stadium and missed an opportunity to open a four-point gap at the top of the Premier League over Maccabi Tel Aviv, which lost to KS yesterday. Sagiv Yehezkel gave the Southerners the lead in the 25th minute. And Charon Cherry who came in as a substitute in the 38th minute equalized in the 55th minute with a great free kick.
The one who will not be able to play against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the league is Jose Rodriguez, who received his ninth yellow of the season during the first half.
Also, Ernest Mabuka tensed a muscle and was forced to take a break.
"Obviously I am disappointed," Haifa coach Barak Bachar said after the game.
"After Cherry came in the football flowed more. We were not good, but we could have won the game at the end with the incredible save. We will take the point against a good team and prepare for Saturday. We did not fail, there were games with our backs to the wall we won," he added.
Bachar added: "We met a good team that fought here like it has not fought all year. I am glad that Cherry got off the bench, scored and the change worked. This team is progressing. Even if we did not win today, we saw guys who advance every game. The players do start brewing, yes They are ready and I strongly believe in them. "
Neta Lavie, captain of the Greens, added: "We really wanted to win, we did not deliver the goods. It was a very difficult away game that we did not start well, but we got a point and we look forward. We tried to win, we did not win and hope next time we succeed. "From the line to the firecracker. We hope that in the following cases it will come in. There is a very close championship battle, we will decide it on the field and not by talking."