"Barak Bachar has a law that allows you to celebrate 24 hours, but now we only have 12, already on Sunday morning we start preparing for the cup final," Maccabi Haifa stopper Sean Goldberg concluded the home victory over Maccabi Netanya (0: 4), which signed a championship with Victory in the coronation game.
Last night's celebrations at Sami Ofer were relatively minor.
Despite Noa Kirl's performance, the plate-lifting ceremony and more, the actors and fans remained restrained.
Haifa will leave tomorrow for a hotel in Jerusalem, where it will stay until the final against Hapoel B'Shlosha.
Fans break into the grass in Sami Ofer, Photo: Alan Shiver
Goalkeeper Roy Mishpati was supposed to start in the cup final, but he was injured in the groin last night and the fear is that this is the ground.
Josh Cohen, who has not played in recent games, is set to return to goal in a game that will lock in the season.
Apart from the goalkeeper position, there will be quite a few changes on Tuesday.
Muhammad Abu Fani will return to the link in place of Mahmoud Jaber.
The latter was praised for his game last night and the two cooks he arranged for his teammates.
Abu Fani celebrates Sami Ofer, Photo: Alan Shiber
Noble Omar and Dolev Haziza will also open, probably in place of Maor Levy and Mavis Chibuta.
Dean David will be absent on Tuesday following the death of his mother.
The players dedicated the victory against Netanya to David.
Amazingly, the team's first goal was scored in the 21st minute, which is the same as the striker's shirt number and just as the fans clapped in memory of his late mother.
"No coincidence," the players said, "Dean David was very excited and thanked everyone, now the goal is to win the trophy and make him happy with a historic season."
Russo, Shahar and Yaakov.
A celebration with nostalgia, Photo: Alan Schieber
Another player who got excited last night was a noble curfew, who completed his task and reached a double-digit balance of goals (20) and touchdowns (10).
"I was happier in cooking," admitted Noble, for whom this is the fourth consecutive Premier League championship, adding: "I am still hungry and want to complete the season with a trophy win," he concluded.
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