Maccabi Haifa for the seventh time in history or Hapoel B'Shlosha for the third time?
The two teams that also fought for the championship this season (which Barak Bachar and his players eventually picked up) have met 5 times this year (including the Toto Cup), with the balance between the teams this season standing at two green wins, two red wins and one draw.
The last time the parties met in the State Cup was in the quarterfinals in 2020, when the Southerners defeated Haifa 1: 2 with goals from Miguel Vitor and Ben Shehar, after Ofri Arad temporarily put the Greens in the lead.
Professionally, Josh Cohen, the Haifa goalkeeper who was in great doubt for the game due to a shoulder injury, failed the fitness test when Roi Fox will open on 11 by Barak Bachar.
Also, Jose Rodriguez was preferred over Mikael Alphonse in the right-back position.
For the Southerners, Aliniv Barda decided to start at 11 with Dor Micha and Eugene Ansa and in a lineup with three brakes.
As early as this morning, many fans of both teams went up to the capital, to prepare for the game and also to escape the many traffic jams in the hours before the game when many Haifa fans are wearing special uniforms to mark the 60th anniversary of the first cup in Jerusalem.
Compositions:
Hapoel B'Sh.
Maccabi Haifa: Roi Fox, Jose Rodriguez, Bogdan Planich, Sean Goldberg, San Menachem, Ali Muhammad, Mahmoud Jaber, Chiron Shari, Omer Atzili, Dolev Haziza and Goodsway Donio.
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