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The Green Star: Maccabi Haifa's moment of truth - voila! sport

2022-08-13T06:21:33.681Z


Just before meeting the Serbian champion in the battle for the houses in the Champions, Maccabi Haifa looks fresher and stronger than ever. It may be that, with all due respect to Ivić and Zahavi, a third championship is possible


The Green Star: Maccabi Haifa's moment of truth

Just before meeting the Serbian champion in the battle for the houses in the Champions, Maccabi Haifa looks fresher and stronger than ever.

It may be that, with all due respect to Ivic and Zavi, a third championship in a row is an achievable task

Maor Zakaria

08/13/2022

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 09:00

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Summary: Apollon Limassol - Maccabi Haifa 0:2 (Sport1)

It was not easy to remember, in light of the never-ending sequence of events that befell our football, but this summer began with two particularly interesting comebacks: Vladimir Ivitch and Eran Zahavi returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv, probably to return to the Yellows what burned most in their hearts - the championship title , who migrated north and passed into the hands of Maccabi Haifa since Barak Becher dressed on Yaakov Shahar's payroll. Ivitch has already given work in Europe, and Vazhabi has already started to accumulate playing minutes (and goals) in a Maccabi uniform in the European framework, and it seems that he is ready for the upcoming season.



But the thought that the presence of Ivić and Zahvi here loosened the hands of Maccabi Haifa was a bit naive: even the loss in the unimportant game against Apollon Limassol failed to change the impression that had accumulated and received in the previous three weeks, in which the Greens managed to draw at home against the exhausting Olympiakos, and then defeat The Greeks are out in a huge game, then dismantle the Cypriots and make the rematch more.

In fact, instead of using the tiring Toto Cup games as preparation for the league as we have been accustomed to happening here for years, Maccabi Haifa used the Champions League qualifiers for this purpose, and also did it with the results of the Toto Cup.

It's a very beautiful display of power, which should provoke deep thoughts both in Kiryat Shalom and in the 08 area - where they did celebrate winning the champion of champions (partly thanks to the missed penalty by Frentzi Piero, who has since zeroed in on intentions) - but it seems that in regards to the league they will be stuck in any case In third place (unless the unbelievable happens, according to the tracker's article).

Maccabi Haifa celebrates (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)

So, on the assumption that Bash will not do anything unusual, the obvious battle will be between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

again.

We got used to it, everything is good.

The Israeli teams at this level have already gotten used to doing half a year in Europe (at least) at the same time as a strong run in the league, and Maccabi Haifa gives the impression of someone who is more ready for this model of two mandatory frameworks: Barak Becher has built a deep, broad, balanced and above all good squad there.



The big challenge will be twofold: on the one hand, when Ivić stood on the lines, Barak Becher did not really succeed against him.

In Ivić's two years here, Hapoel BS - with Bacher on the lines - failed to be a real threat to the yellows. Extenuating circumstances: this happened after three consecutive championships of BS, the general satiety was felt in every corner, and to this of course we have to add the hunger of The yellows after three years without a title.

In this context, the state of affairs at the moment is two-thirds similar to the state of affairs then: Bechar and Maccabi Haifa with two consecutive championships, not three.

Eran Zahavi should also be put into this cauldron,



The difference between two consecutive championships and three is also the second major challenge facing the Greens for the coming season: for years we were told that it is really difficult to win back-to-back championships, that is, two years in a row.

This matter changed as the big money continued to flow into Israeli football, the gaps grew, and the crises among the rich became more significant in relation to the periods of time in which they do not win championships (Maccabi Haifa between '94 and 2001 and between 2011 and 2021, Maccabi Tel Aviv between 2003 to 2012 and between 2016 and 2018, etc.)



We got used to teams winning the championship twice in a row, and slowly we also learned that it is not a rare thing when it happens three times in a row: Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel BS did it in - The last 18 years. To do it twice in 20 years sounds very pretentious, but we have already learned that nothing is impossible in our football.

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