Hernandez is positive for Corona, Krestic declares: "Haifa is not a favorite"
The brakeman will miss the fight with the champion (Monday, 20:30), the coach is optimistic nonetheless: "We are the biggest club in the country, we have to play accordingly."
Hozaz also conveyed a message: "Do not be afraid."
Raz Meir will open as a left defender on the other hand, Bachar will only decide on the day of the game whether Rodriguez will be included in the squad
Yaniv Tuchman
02/01/2022
Sunday, 02 January 2022, 18:29
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Cycle 16
20:30
03/01/2022
Maccabi Haifa
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Maccabi Tel Aviv
Summary: Maccabi Tel Aviv beats Maccabi Haifa 1: 2 (Sport 1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Who will miss the game is Luis Hernandez, who is found positive for Corona. The Spanish stopper who felt unwell last week has been in solitary confinement over the past week and came out negative on every test he passed, until he returned to training at the weekend. He will go into further isolation and will not be part of the team staff. With the exception of Hernandez and Shahar Phiben, who is at the end of the recovery process from the stress crises he has had and is already training almost fully, Mladan Krastic should have full staff.
The coach has not yet revealed to the players his squad for tomorrow and from what is practiced in Kiryat Shalom, he has some hesitations. The first and most significant of all is whether to place another midfielder with defensive abilities next to Eden Shamir and put Gabi Kanikovsky ahead of them both.
Krasteich understands that the strong part of Maccabi Haifa is in the center of the field, where Ali Muhammad, Muhammad Abu Fani and also Charon Shari play.
In addition, Noble Omar and Dolev Haziza like to get in the middle and from there to the goal range and the Serb knows he will have to take that into account.
The option of placing Dan Glazer or Eyal Golsa next to Eden Shamir in the middle is taken into account.
In such a situation the coach is expected to move Kanikovsky to a more forward position.
Against Maccabi Petah Tikva, Matan Hozaz and Ayalon Almog cracked, so Kanikovsky may play in one of them, most likely Almog.
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Hernandez (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
Krestic said ahead of the game: "We expect a great game and understand its importance to the fans and the club. We prepared best on our part to be prepared. It is a very special game, we do not think about the gap between the teams in the table, for us it is very important to play with a lot of confidence. Haifa is in good shape, but we are also in a better position than we were in, we are the biggest club in Israel and should play like this tomorrow. "
On the balance of power: "Many people think that Haifa is a favorite, but for me the chances of both teams are equal. We have to give the maximum and be focused throughout the game. It will be decided on the small details. Against Maccabi Petah Tikva we showed improvement, in the first 30 minutes we played offensive football. "And we created a lot of situations. We need to improve on defense and be more focused tomorrow."
Matan Hoz said: "Like every year, Maccabi Tel Aviv has a deep staff, it's not new or surprising. We know the importance, everyone is at a high level of readiness, everyone is excited, and we know how important it is for both clubs. "
Hozaz sounded optimistic and added that "they are in good shape, but in the season all things are neutralized and both teams come more or less equal. I do not think their good form will make us feel less good or scared, we know what we are worth and come to play as a great team."
Estimated composition: Daniel Peretz, Andre Geraldesh, Idan Nachmias, Enrique Sborit, Matan Balteksa, Ofir Davidzada, Eden Shamir, Eyal Golsa, Matan Hozaz, Gabi Kanikovsky, Eduardo Guerrero.
Dilemmas, and optimism.
Krasteich (Photo: Bernie Ardov)
Maccabi Haifa
The champion held her concluding training session this morning ahead of the big meeting tomorrow (Monday, 20:30) with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Barak Bachar is expected to stick to the lineup and method that made this season's Maccabi Haifa very attractive. Bachar's entire front quartet will open with a noble Omar and Dolev Haziza on the wings, Charon Cherry in the middle and Dean David on offense.
Jose Rodriguez, who really wants to play and even open in the left-back position, will only know tomorrow if Barak Bachar goes with him. The coach wants another day to see how much the Spaniard has recovered from his muscle injury and currently the assessment is that Sharaz Meir will open. Bogdan Planic will return to the squad after serving a sentence for accumulating yellow cards.
The Greens are of course expecting a full stadium and coach Barak Bachar said: "It is as important a game as the one before it was important and the one after it will be important. We have good momentum and should continue to make the crowd happy. It is a sold out game and we will do everything to win."
Brakeman Bogdan Planic added: "As always against Maccabi Tel Aviv, it's a big game, a difficult game. We will do everything to win. They changed coach so it will be even harder. We just want to win in front of a full stadium."
For him it is a kind of Serbian derby.
Planich (Photo: Maor Elkelsi)
Trivia
* This will be the 169th meeting between the teams in the Premier League. The balance so far: 48:70 for Maccabi Tel Aviv in victories and another 50 games have not been decided.
* Maccabi Tel Aviv has lost to Maccabi Haifa only once in the last 33 league games between them, when Eliran Atar and Gary Kegelmacher set 0: 2 away in October 2016. Apart from that, there were 21 yellow wins and another 11 draws.
* The Yellows currently have 18 consecutive league games without a loss against Maccabi Haifa - their best active streak. The club's record - a streak of 21 games without a loss - was recorded against Hapoel Beer Sheva (between 1991 and 2002).
* Home win over Maccabi Tel Aviv? The Greens have not done that since December 2012, so Wiam Amasha pushed in the 80th minute and made it 0: 1 in Kiryat Eliezer. Maccabi Haifa has hosted 16 more times since in the league and recorded eight losses and eight draws.
* Maccabi Haifa with seven consecutive league victories - the best streak of any team this season.
Last season she had eight straight wins at about the same time.
* Maccabi Tel Aviv in a streak of four away victories, but as a guest has not yet maintained a clean sheet this season in the league.
The last time was at the end of the previous season, with 0: 3 over Maccabi Petah Tikva.
* Noble Omar scored 11 league goals this season and equaled his personal best from the 2018/19 season, then in the Maccabi Tel Aviv uniform.
His amount of cooking is also the same, with six such so far.
* Liran Liani refereed Maccabi Haifa's 0: 2 in the Champions League game at the beginning of the current season, but before that there were three Maccabi Tel Aviv victories: 0: 2 in the Cup semi-final last season, the famous 3: 4 that Jonathan Cohen won in extra time In January 2020 and also the 1: 3 of the Yellows in Haifa in December 2018.
Group compositions
Referee:
Liran Liani
Stadium:
Haifa New
Maccabi Haifa Coach: Barak Bachar
The game set
4: 3: 3
44 c.
Cohen
2 r.
Strain
5 b.
Planich
3 hrs.
Goldberg
25 r.
Meyer
10 p.m.
sherry
4 e.
Muhammad
16 m.
Abu Fani
7 e.
noble
21 d.
Uncle
8 d.
Firecracker
Replacement bench:
Maccabi Tel Aviv Coach: Mladen Krastic
The game set
3: 5: 2
1 d.
breach
5 e.
Nachmias
4 a.
Seborrhea
3 m.
In latexa
28 a.
Geralds
18 e.
dill
16 g.
Knikowski
23 a.
Golsa
27 a.
Davidzada
39 a.
Dragged
7 m.
Hozs
Replacement bench:
2021/22 Football Premier League
Group
Games
Victories
draw
Losses
Gates
Points
1
Hapoel Beer Sheva
15
11
4
0
10-26
37
2
Maccabi Haifa
15
11
2
2
11-39
35
3
Hapoel Tel Aviv
16
7
5
4
19-24
26
4
Maccabi Tel Aviv
15
7
4
4
20-23
25
5
Hapoel Haifa
16
6
4
6
22-22
22
6
Bnei Sakhnin
15
6
4
5
21-18
22
7
Urban Kiryat Shmona
16
6
3
7
20-16
21
8
Maccabi Netanya
16
5
5
6
18-17
20
9
Hapoel Hadera
16
4
7
5
18-12
19
10
tax.
Ashdod
15
5
2
8
21-15
17
11
Beitar Jerusalem
16
4
4
8
18-16
16
12
Hapoel Jerusalem
16
3
6
7
21-11
15
13
Hapoel Nof Hagalil
15
3
4
8
24-12
13
14
Maccabi Petah Tikva
16
2
4
10
20-12
10
Saturday's results:
Hapoel Tel Aviv - Maccabi Petah Tikva 1: 2
Urbani Kiryat Shmona - Hapoel Haifa 2: 2
Hapoel Jerusalem - Hapoel Hadera 1: 1
Maccabi Netanya - Betar Jerusalem 0: 0
sport
Israeli soccer
Super League
Tags
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Tel Aviv in football
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