Maccabi Haifa will host Hapoel Tel Aviv tomorrow (Monday, 20:30) and will be able to increase the gap from second place to 4 points.
Club president Yaakov Shachar arrived in Kfar Galim this morning (Sunday) to talk to the players, another step that illustrates the importance of the game tomorrow.
"Shahar said that the stadium will be full for the next three games and that obliges us. As we do throughout the season," coach Barak Bachar said at the press conference ahead of the game, adding his key to victory, "The word is aggressiveness. "For us. There are players here who know how to play football and if we do not bring aggression, we will not win games."
On Jose Rodriguez's performance as a defender, Bachar said: "When Rodriguez wins the best there is. It all depends on results."
On Mavis Chibuta, who joined in January, he added: "He is acclimatizing pretty quickly, not yet reflected in goal or cooking. The same was true with Noble Omar last season and I think Chibuta will acclimatize even faster and we will see that tomorrow."
Yaakov Shachar.
Surprise in training, Photo: Yossi Shekel
Bachar also commented on the loss of points in recent games: "This is a stage of the league where every game is very difficult. It is natural that more teams lose points. We did not take advantage of that in recent games, we only won one game. Hapoel Tel Aviv may be injured, but it played "Good in the last games and we will treat it accordingly."
Bachar added: "We are still in a good place despite the bad games, the goal tomorrow is to raise the level."
In conclusion, Bachar spoke about the crowd that will fill the stadium in the upcoming games: "It's something unusual. We experienced it in Europe as well. The players are the ones who brought this situation. Even after KS they encouraged the players after a loss."
Asked if there is mental preparation, Bachar explained: "Before every game you do mental preparation. It was the same before KS and it did not work.
The fact that we lost does not mean that we did not do things. "
Neta Lavie.
Will receive the full credit from Becher ?, Photo: Alan Schieber
Captain Neta Lavie added: "I had a difficult time with the injury. There are less good games, but the goal is to get better. I was at some peak last season and then the injury came. I went through a period when I went out and saw the friends from the side. Mine, not today, I have good replacements and that's what matters. "
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