The playoff games opened on Saturday when Maccabi Haifa took another step forward from Maccabi Tel Aviv and left the hope for the championship fight only with Aliniv Barda and Hapoel BS, who will arrive in Haifa after the national team break.
The only game in the lower house that is played on Saturday reduced the relegation battle to four teams thanks to Hamudi Canaan, the best player in this area of the table, who arranged for Ran Ben Shimon and Ashdod to be quiet until the end of the season.
Yesterday (Sunday) Betar Jerusalem went up to the grass in Haifa close to the red line, while at the same time in the Knesset Maccabi Petah Tikva took the lead on the verge of the half thanks to a penalty by Ido Shachar. Aboksis, who initially tried in Betar His quarry, a lineup of 5 defensive players (actually since the change of lineup in the 34th minute against Sakhnin) and started with Krieff as the main brake, Tamir Adi who excels in the link trio and Michael Ohana alongside Hasselbaink in the lead.
In this set-up Aboksis also feels most comfortable and also incorporates a thickened defensive line, which allows him to play with three not particularly aggressive ties, but with good offensive abilities.
In the first half Betar took advantage of the softness of Haifa that seemed uninteresting and scattered (it's like that about 20 rounds), which gave Ohana areas to provide his best football hour this season. In the second half the exchanges of the two coaches turned the game around. Had to take out Ohana who felt muscle cramps and put the insecure Zargari in his place, which is mainly the possibility of Betar to move forward.
Ohana.
His best time of the season, Photo: Bernie Ardov
On the other hand, Elisha Levy put in Dudi Twito and got two defenders with a dominant foot in the wings (Noam Cohen from the other side) and indeed through the defenders came Turgeman's crossbar and immediately afterwards Ozbolt's equalizer.
From that moment on, Betar switched to a combination of bunker and prayers, to return home with a very important point and eventually the prayers were answered.
Aboksis's Betar goes on hiatus with the problem. Although he arranged the team, under him Betar holds only a single victory and the red line still shines beneath it.
Betar has two weeks to organize and return the injured for the photo finish of the season. Of all the sub-teams, Betar is the most stressed and if it falls below the line, it will be very difficult for it to get out of there.
The upcoming game against Ashdod is critical, as losing points there will clearly make it a favorite for relegation.
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