The two best teams in the league meet at Toto-Turner for the game of the season.
In the first round we got a bizarre game, which ended in the most dramatic way imaginable in favor of the guest from the south.
The teams arrive for tonight's game in a different situation: Maccabi Haifa, which returned to first place in the previous round, no longer plays in Europe, its staff is full (even Neta Lavie makes voices of returning to things), it is in a predatory mood and an amazing scoring rate of 100 goals a season;
Hapoel B'Shlosha, on the other hand, comes after a challenging week, in which they lost for the first time this season against Maccabi Tel Aviv in Bloomfield, scraping a victory in the cup in the 120th minute and showing signs of burnout after an outstanding first round in terms of success and mental immunity.
The main change that Roni Levy made immediately after the national team break was the transition to three brakes, an lineup that he hardly used in his career and flirted with him in a small way before going on holiday.
This lineup upgraded BS.
Levy's squad has four of the best six brakes in the league and two defenders who excel offensively, so this lineup serves them well.
In addition, the coach is not interested in holding a ball and wants to play on passes (BS holds an average ball only 51 percent of the time, significantly lower than Maccabi Haifa and any team that has won a championship in recent years), and this lineup is classic for his needs.
Hapoel BS celebrates Turner. How will it end this time ?, Photo: Alan Shiver
To Levi's credit, he showed openness, listened to his team, and that made BS look significantly better until last week. A. collapsed the yellow defense (who played 3: 5: 2), and if he makes changes while playing to make adjustments and make Bachar think and react.
Like Levy, Bachar slept while moving.
At the start of the season he faced interesting challenges, which at the moment he seems to have solved in an excellent way, perhaps even more successful than he imagined.
Rokavica's departure, Neta Levy's injury and Ofri Arad's drop in fitness challenged Maccabi Haifa's staff and coach, but Bachar found his solutions and team on the way to a historic offensive season.
Nikita Rokavica in front of San Menachem.
A critical game for both teams ?, Photo: Alan Schieber
Bachar made four brilliant moves that made Haifa deadly: The first, Sean Goldberg's shift to the brake position alongside Planich, solved the problem in the center of defense and improved the team in moving the ball and the ability of the brakes to break pressure in the ball.
He also moved Rodriguez to the defensive position, a move that added a very smart player to the 3rd line on defense, the line that starts the attack and a player who adds an element of long ball to David and Noble's quick depth moves.
Noble Omar.
At his feet, Photo: Maur Elkels
The other two moves were the placement of Muhammad in position number 6, perhaps the only player in the league to snatch balls in half of the opponent at the level of Neta Lavi and Mariano Barreiro and gave the keys separately to Dean David, the right player to complete his noble speed thanks to his excellent speed and depth moves.
I can only hope that, like the last games of the season between the Yellows and the Greens, tonight's game will also rise to a high level, provide drama, tension and goals and pay homage to our football.
There are good coaches, a full stadium and an amazing atmosphere as well, and now the stage of the players.
Give in mind.
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