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Bachar has approached the title of "the greatest Israeli coach of all time", Golsa may still save Van Leven the job and the Conference League that looks like an imitation of Intertoto allows clubs to upgrade


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The enterprise that turned out to be a bonanza: The Conference League serves the Israeli teams

Bachar has approached the title of "the greatest Israeli coach of all time", Golsa may still save Van Leven the job and the Conference League that looks like an imitation of Intertoto, provides Israelis with good money and the opportunity to upgrade a club

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Ron Amikam

Friday, October 22, 2021, 10:30 p.m.

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Has its own rules keyboard. She has already started writing: "Like a pre-written script, Maccabi Haifa had all the chances in the world yesterday to beat a respectable European team, but softness, ordering attacks, making wrong decisions and of course stupid fouls and horrible standing in the stationary situations shattered their slim chances of reaching the playoffs. How many times have we been in this movie? "



So how many times have we been in this movie? And who would have believed that the script would be rewritten? Maccabi Haifa won a game that they did everything to not win in the last minutes, and managed to fail in that as well.



But if we get serious, Barak Bachar made one of those victories that puts him very close to the title of "the greatest Israeli coach of all time", because it is not easy to get in such a team, to lead, and especially after the quality exchanges to retreat, order attacks, do so much nonsense and all That's forever.



The Israeli annals in the European Cups will state that Maccabi Haifa defeated the Czech champions - who finished their championship season without a league loss - with Sean Goldberg as the left brake, with Taleb Tuatha who has not seen grass for ages, with Mahmoud Jaber as the central midfielder, without the injured Neta Lavie and Muhammad Abu Fani in the back link, and without Dolev Haziza and Charon Sheri in the lineup. Suddenly I remembered that the one who cooked for Maor Buzaglo the goal that lifted Hapoel Beer Sheva to the knockout stage of the Europa League and left Virgil Van Dyke's Southampton out, was Yuval Shabtai. Barak Bachar's use of all his staff, the mental flexibility, the belief that he instills in his players and the tension that he leaves in him are the last substitutes - that is what makes him what he is.



But Maccabi Haifa was not alone on the field. Because just as in the case of Maccabi Tel Aviv earlier, the opponent's attitude and quality dictated the final result. Slavia Prague was better last season, even when they lost to Hapoel Beer Sheva and finished the championship with 12 points, but against Haifa they were just a standard team: pushy, aggressive but at the same time unsophisticated, untalented, lacking solutions and doing a lot of nonsense on defense. Let's put it this way, if Slavia Prague had the opportunities that Haifa missed, it would have come out with an impressive victory, not because it is more talented - it is not, it is more European - but because it does not happen to Czech teams what usually happens to Israeli teams.



Maccabi Haifa is using its home properly, and it's not easy because Sami Ofer, in his configuration, is not exactly a fortress.

She lost this season at home once - to Hapoel Beer Sheva in a rather strange game - and twice ended in a draw: against Kirat in the first game of the season, when everything around was still rusty, and against Feyenoord in a draw that could cost her dearly in the playoffs.

In this house she will have to beat Union Berlin and hope to pull out at least a draw in two weeks in Prague, and 8 points may be enough for second place.

With even lower rating points than those of the Helsinki HQ, it will be a huge achievement.

More on Walla!

Barak Bachar: "We made a big victory against the best team at home"

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Mental flexibility, belief in players and maintaining tension even in the last substitutes.

Barak Bachar (Photo: Maor Elkelsi)

2.

Anyone who did not watch Maccabi Tel Aviv's game in Helsinki yesterday and saw the result must have said to himself: "Wow." 0: 5 in an away game in the home stage is not something we remember from an Israeli team. Anyone who has watched this game from the beginning imagined that it would end in such a result. Because when there is no rival, every broom fires.



We'll get to the compliments soon, but we have to delve into a second in HIK who played in three factories this year and almost reached overtime against Malmo in the Champions League qualifiers, Malmo who knocked Rangers and Ludogorets on the way to the home stage. HIC is probably already playing on the steam and the fight for the championship (in Finland the season will end in a month and a half) is draining energy from it. Yesterday she banked from the first moment - at home - she left Maccabi to move a ball, to walk around dangerous areas without pressure, she was not aggressive, not fast, not of quality - nothing. There is no rival in the Israeli Premier League that would have been eliminated in this way against Maccabi Tel Aviv. If Lasek Lynch from the first tier of the Conference League, who took advantage of Maccabi's weakness to extract a point from it at home, then Maccabi Tel Aviv should finish this house with 16 points out of 18. Only God can explain how it got such a comfortable draw in the European home stage. On the other hand, Rome snatched 6 from Bodo Glimt, so there may be nothing to do with the lottery: whoever is serious about this factory - wins.



And Maccabi was serious. It may be Jack Angelidis' renewed presence on the team, and it may be Eyal Golsa's presence. After all, when Golsa is healthy - and has had quite a few injuries and surgeries - he is the most technical defensive midfielder in the country. Together with Dan Glazer and Dor Peretz, he created the link trio that gave Vladan Ivic two championships with a single loss each season and also in Garbage Time. He is the balance in the team, the transition player, the right delivery. You can put the talented Dan Bitton there, but there will be no aggression, or Avi Rikan but then there will be much less technique. Golsa is the greatest gift Patrick van Leven could have received for his lineup, his method, his status and the club's mood with him. When the meter is pounding - rating points and point grants - the finger on the trigger is more hesitant. Donis crashed in the league and advanced to a stage in Europe, and only then was he moved out of the way. Golsa may still save Van Leven the job.



But the coach also had a part yesterday in making the team look focused, matter-of-fact, and played an away game as if it were a home game. Gabi Knikowski's entry from the defensive starting position in the wing to the position under the striker in attack, is a significant deviation in Van Levon's stencil. Kanikovsky is not a winger, certainly with an inverted leg, but he thrives in a position from which he sent two purposeful goals to the net yesterday. If this is going to be the trend, Maccabi will rise from where it is in the league. Suddenly it turns out that its offensive part (not including Kubas) is quality, and the soft and slow defense is not such a problem when the ball barely reaches it. Maccabi's control of the link yesterday neutralized the very thought behind waiting for rivals Shachar Phiben and Luis Hernandez.



If Maccabi continues to realize its potential in this very unchallenging home, take points and maybe earn another lucky draw in the next stage, it will make a lot of money and a lot of points, which will help it sail to home stages almost every season.

It is a solid foundation for financial health, for strengthening the staff with quality players, for a deep staff that will compete for all the degrees.

Even in a bad season so far, the future of Maccabi Tel Aviv looks rosy.

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Watch the summary: Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated HIK Helsinki 0: 5

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When healthy, he is the most technical defensive midfielder in the country.

Eyal Golsa (Photo: Berni Ardov)

3.

Israel scored a full point in one evening yesterday. This will jump it from 23rd to 21st place in the rankings, and with 5.5 ranking points, with at least six more games waiting for the Israeli teams, it has the potential to accumulate more points from last season (then scored 7) and get closer to places that earn more prestigious innings.



The Conference League enterprise, which at first seems like some imitation of Intertoto, turns out to be no small bonanza: not bad money, and a score improvement that of course improves future lotteries. UEFA is so conservative and unsophisticated that a victory over Helsinki gives Maccabi Tel Aviv the same score that Manchester United received this week for the turnaround against Atalanta. And if Sweden is competing against Israel for a place in the rankings, it is better to play in the Conference League against Alskart and HIC than against Chelsea and Juventus - like Malmo.



It is now clear that this season will make it clear to Israeli teams that Europe can change season, upgrade a club, make history. The battle for Europe in the league will be no less fascinating this season than the battle for the championship.

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