The loss of points by Maccabi Haifa yesterday (Saturday) against Hapoel Nof Hagalil (1: 1) lit red lights at the club.
True, the Greens still lead the table by a significant margin (7 from Hapoel B'Shlosha and 9 from Maccabi Tel Aviv, both missing a game), but the form of the game in the last Saturday games caused quite a few thoughts in the management and the professional team about the situation.
"We're not good for a month, so the results are not accidental," the club said, adding: "Three wins in seven games is not enough. In some games these are critical and uncommitted point losses."
Coach Barak Bachar took the result and ability hard yesterday.
After the game he blamed himself, but it is clear that the problem is more complex.
Haifa said that there is a decrease in the fitness of a number of players, including captain Neta Lavi who is having a hard time returning from the long injury he suffered, defender San Menachem and others.
"In the next games, whoever plays well" clarified in Haifa, with a thick hint that in the games that remain until the end of the season, there will be no consideration for the status of the players in the team.
In internal talks, Bachar claimed he made a mistake in the substitution he made when he took out Jose Rodriguez at the start of the second half.
Similarly, similar things were said about the decision to take out David's case in the closing minutes.
In the next round against Betar Jerusalem, changes are expected in the lineup, especially in the link positions. Bachar will use the days until the game against Betar to formulate decisions.
And there's another side yesterday, and that's the green crowd.
In fact, Maccabi Haifa broke a record when more than 29,000 of its fans came to a home game (without an outside crowd).
At the pre-match meeting, there was talk of a desire to make the younger generation happy, as there were over 5,000 children in the stands, some for the first time at a football match, but it ended in disappointment.
"Barak will have to find solutions by the end of the season because teams have taught us," concluded Haifa.
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