This week a friend sent me a list of championships that ended here with the addition of a sour star.
Thirty years ago, in the championship game between Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Petah Tikva, Ovadia Ben Yitzhak disallowed two legal goals for Petah Tikva.
The championship should have been hers, but she went to Haifa.
In the last round of 2003, the same Petah Tikva had to host Maccabi Tel Aviv, which fought for the crown against Haifa, but in order to make a buck, Petah Tikva transferred the game to the Raj Stadium, the home of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Baruch Dego and Avi Nemani brought Klinger a championship with a goal difference over Haifa.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won its last championship thanks to the offset season, and lost the championship in 1998 due to the lace game that drove the plate to Teddy.
Maccabi Haifa fans.
Want another plate ?, Photo: Oded Karni
I refused the friend's offer to add this Haifa championship to the sour list.
Definately not.
Haifa was better than its two rivals, at times it played brilliant and harmonious football that drove its fans crazy with happiness, but because its rivals did not really endanger it - Bachar and his teammates fell asleep, suffered embarrassment and suffered embarrassing losses and lost points against relegation candidates.
These reasons mean that despite the large quality gaps from 2nd and 3rd places, Haifa has not closed the story until now.
Six dismissed during the season, unexplained tantrums of players, on the verge of violence, did not appear to have been addressed throughout the season.
Noble Omar, probably the one who will hold the title of footballer this season in three rounds, has unique qualities as a player here, but his disappearance for long periods leaves him an "incomplete" player, one who can not be built on as one to lead a national team.
Noble Omar will receive a significant upgrade in the summer ?, Photo: Berni Ardov
There are quite a few talented players in Israel, but Alon Hazan will have a very hard job in the right team of staff and lineup, and his success will be measured by the connection between ability and a strong, stable, determined but calm mental structure.
Most of the Haifa stars, who may be the skeleton of the team, have proven that they are not ready for the national mission.
Maccabi Tel Aviv will finish third, maybe second, but together with Maccabi Petah Tikva, the two are the big failure of the season, each with its own set of expectations.
Maccabi Tel Aviv has lost the uniqueness that characterized it for a decade or more - detachment from the Israeli neighborhood thanks to the leadership of Jordi Cruyff. , And its result is bad decisions, and especially a delay in reading reality. The club, which redefined Israeli excellence, has returned to the old, bad habits - and the result is in front of you.
One of the oldest and most experienced bosses in Israeli football, Avi Luzon, who was also the chairman of the association here, was relegated for the second time in three seasons. Bnei Reina will play in the Premier League next season, and Petah Tikva will replace it there.
Krestajic.
Stressing the champion, Photo: Courtesy of Maccabi Tel Aviv
A lot can be said about Hapoel Jerusalem, but what left it in the league was the determined punch it directed at its rivals, the Cohesion.
The face of Jerusalem was Ziv Arieh.
No doubt, Lion.
And who was Petah Tikva? The same Luzon, who survived Klinger during a game and humiliated him during a press conference.
Were we wrong?
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