Hapoel B'Shlosha will be hosted tomorrow (Monday) at Sami Ofer Stadium by Maccabi Haifa for the first season game in the top playoff. In the professional team of the group from the capital of the Negev.
Among the red crowd the excitement is great.
All 2800 tickets allocated were hijacked within an hour.
In terms of the squad, BS will be missing three of its attacking players. Itai Schechter and Sagiv Yehezkel are injured, while Gustavo Marmentini will be absent due to the accumulation of yellow cards. Portuguese defender Helder Lopez is expected to be eligible, but a decision on whether to open will only be made tomorrow.
"I was privileged to work with Barak Bachar as a player and later as an assistant coach," Barda admitted with feelings in his personality ahead of the meeting with the champion coach, adding: "It's fun and a great honor to meet him. It's obviously spicy."
Breda added: "A very important game awaits us and we want to continue our way and focus only on that."
Regarding the fact that the national team break interrupted a good period in terms of results, the coach said: "I'm not afraid it will stop us. It's good to break a routine, the players went through an intense season, they train excellently and give me a big headache."
Speaking about the meeting against Maccabi Haifa, Barda said: "The previous two games were very different and it is impossible to know what will happen this time. This is all the beauty of football. I feel there is great excitement in the city ahead of the game, it is important to the audience and us."
Portuguese midfielder Andre Martinez added of his feelings at the club he came to in January: "I have never felt so much love for the club and its surroundings. The decision to come here was a good one and my wife, along with the family, are very happy to be here."
Towards Maccabi Haifa he said: "We expect a tough game, Maccabi Haifa is the champion so it will not be easy. We will do the best we can to beat them."
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