Bachar against the clichés after Maccabi Tel Aviv: "We need to leverage this victory"

The Maccabi Haifa coach is sure that even after the big turnaround, his players will not get off the gas against Maccabi Petah Tikva (Saturday, 17:45, Sport3): "If we play like we played in the first half, we will not win."

The Malabes and Klinger prepare for "War on Life", Nicolasco did not register in time and will be absent

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07/01/2022

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Cycle 17

17:45

08/01/2022

Maccabi Petah Tikva

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Maccabi Haifa

Goals for the 16th round of the Premier League (Sports 1)

Maccabi Petah Tikva

Closing the table, Maccabi Petah Tikva, which is five points away from the red line, will host the champion Maccabi Haifa tomorrow (Saturday, 17:45, Sport 3), hoping to surprise it and break a long streak of nine undefeated league games, including eight losses. Coach Nir Klinger's debut game last round ended in a painful and dramatic loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv, from a goal the team suffered in the 96th minute, and this week the club talked about the great desire to embark on a new path and begin the journey of survival in the Premier League.

The stadium is expected to be almost full in light of the fact that about 3,000 additional tickets were sold for sale to Green fans yesterday, after a number of deficiencies were corrected at the request of the Ministry of Economy and Industry.

Klinger is expected to start with a five-man line-up, with Marcus Deniz playing alongside Daniel Flesher and Orr Belorian in the center of defense and Muhammad Hindi opening in the left-back position. His absence will include the yellowed Daniel as well as Orr Inbrom who joined this week, but is still serving a suspension and will not be on the roster.

"It's clear to all of us that we're in a war for survival, a war for our lives," Klinger said ahead of the game. "We know exactly how many games are left and against whom, and I very much believe and also feel that the players are ready for this fight and want to fight. It is clear to us that we face a very tough opponent, the best team in the league that plays the best football, but we never lift "Hands, we will raise the team in the best way possible, and as I said - war for life is our slogan and that is the motto from now on. That is what we did, do and will do. We really, really want to survive and I believe we will do it at the end of the season," added the coach.

"We felt very bad at the end of the last game, after absorbing the goal in the last minute of the game," admitted striker James Adney.

"We worked all week on improving the ability, ahead of the game against Maccabi Haifa. We have a good feeling ahead of the game and I can say that we are ready to go into battle against Haifa and I believe we will have a positive result. The feelings since Nir Klinger arrived are good More than now. "

Who will not be available for Klinger tomorrow is Moldavian Ion Nikolasco.

The new striker who landed in the team has already passed budget control, however the international release that did not arrive on time so his debut will be postponed.

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Nicolasco (Photo: Reuters)

Maccabi Haifa

Barak Bachar said ahead of the game: "I talked to the players about the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv, I do not connect to the cliché of 'lowering the players to the ground', but the opposite - we need to leverage this victory. The players on the ground, we are in second place and they know we want to be If we are real, there were also less good things in the last game, and if we play like we played in the first half against Maccabi Tel Aviv, we will not win the next game. Maccabi Petah Tikva in the last place and it is a very dangerous game, because it will fight for its life and it has "A new coach. It should come at the peak of focus."

Bachar spoke about the "24 Hours Law" he introduced in the team - according to which "celebrating or mourning" a result in a game for only one day.

"It's allowed to celebrate, even allowed to celebrate above and beyond after victories, and on the other hand you can also mourn and go into depression for 24 hours, but after that 'Next'. The players made a big win, but from today we are in full focus on this game. "And he's sure to help us make a good game tomorrow as well."

Do not take your foot off the gas.

Bachar (Photo: Maor Elkelsi)

Trivia

* Maccabi Haifa has won all four of its last visits to Maccabi Petah Tikva, and all on the edge of a goal.

* Maccabi Petah Tikva's last home win over the Greens was in May 2015, when Omar Danino made it 0: 1 in the top playoff.

* Maccabi Haifa in a series of eight victories, just as it did at a similar stage last season (until it was stopped 1: 1 against Hapoel Beer Sheva).

She has not had a longer streak since the 2009/10 season, which she started with 10 wins.

* Maccabi Haifa has scored 42 goals so far, 11 of them in the last quarter of an hour.

Maccabi Petah Tikva has 12 in total.

* Maccabi Petah Tikva has scored only one point from the last 27 and has scored only three goals in these eight rounds.

* Maccabi Petah Tikva also has a streak of five league losses - its longest since the seven losses in March-April 2017.

• 2021/22 Football Premier League

  Group	Games	Victories	draw	Losses	Gates	Points
  1	Hapoel Beer Sheva	16	12	4	0	10-29	40
  2	Maccabi Haifa	16	12	2	2	13-42	38
  3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	16	7	5	4	19-24	26
  4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	16	7	4	5	23-25	25
  5	Hapoel Haifa	16	6	4	6	22-22	22
  6	Bnei Sakhnin	16	6	4	6	24-18	22
  7	Urban Kiryat Shmona	16	6	3	7	20-16	21
  8	Maccabi Netanya	16	5	5	6	18-17	20
  9	tax. Ashdod	16	6	2	8	21-18	20
  10	Hapoel Hadera	16	4	7	5	18-12	19
  11	Beitar Jerusalem	16	4	4	8	18-16	16
  12	Hapoel Jerusalem	16	3	6	7	21-11	15
  13	Hapoel Nof Hagalil	16	3	4	9	27-12	13
  14	Maccabi Petah Tikva	16	2	4	10	20-12	10

17th round games:

Saturday, 15:00: Hapoel Haifa - Hapoel Tel Aviv (Sport 3)

Saturday, 17:30: Hapoel Nof Hagalil - Urbani Kiryat Shmona

Saturday, 17:45: Maccabi Petah Tikva - Maccabi Haifa (Sport 3)

Saturday , 20:00: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Hapoel Beer Sheva

Sunday, 19:00: Hapoel Hadera - Maccabi Netanya

Sunday, 20:15: Betar Jerusalem - MS Ashdod (Sport 1)

Monday, 20:15: Bnei Sakhnin - Hapoel Jerusalem (Sports 1)

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