Dolev Haziza told me on Wednesday evening, a few minutes after the historic match in Belgrade ended: "I want to have the house of death. I want us to play against Paris Saint-Germain."
Well, Haziza asked - Haziza received.
It is true that Leo Messi and Neymar were in Israel less than a month ago and filled Bloomfield with 30,000 spectators, but it was in the French Supercup game, against Nantes, which is of no interest to anyone.
The feeling was of an exhibition game.
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He got what he asked for, photo: Dolev Haziza
When Messi and Neymar come to Israel next time, this time with what many consider the best player in the world, Kylian Mbappe (he was suspended against Nantes) - it will be in the Champions League.
And it will be against Maccabi Haifa in Sami Ofer.
PSG started the season crazy.
In her first four games this season she scored 21 goals!
Neymar, in the best form of his career, already has 7 goals and 6 assists.
Messi, looking like his good days in Barcelona, scored 4 goals and Mbappe also with 4 goals, in only two games.
There is no doubt at all that this is the best attack in the world, and I do not envy the defensive players of Maccabi Haifa who will have to stop this amazing trio.
Lille, who won the French championship a little over a year ago, snatched a seventh from PSG last week, in their home stadium...
The trio will arrive in Israel again, photo: AFP
Historians will say that 24 years ago Maccabi Haifa beat PSG 2:3, but those were different times, long before the Qataris bought the French champion, invested billions in it and turned it into one of the best teams in the world.
For Maccabi Haifa fans this will be an experience from another world.
For the players and professional staff?
Not sure.
In most betting agencies, Manchester City is the leading candidate to win the Champions League this season, with PSG and Liverpool a little behind.
What's more, for the first time Maccabi Haifa will host the Champions League games in Haifa.
The previous two times she was exiled to Cyprus and to the Reg Stadium.
Giants in Carmel
Juventus has already played before against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League, 13 years ago, and won twice 0:1.
Juve did not win the championship in the last two seasons, but it is still the most decorated and most decorated Italian club.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri has a formidable squad with the young Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic and the veteran Argentinian star Angel Di Maria - who arrived this summer from PSG.
and Vlahovitch.
The star of Juba, photo: AFP
Benfica, two-time European champion in the past, is the biggest team in Portugal, and last season reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The new coach is Roger Schmidt, who coached Eran Zahavi in Eindhoven, and led the team from Lisbon to a 0:5 victory in the summation of the two games against Dynamo Kyiv in the playoffs.
Schmidt.
Coached Zahavi last year, photo: Getty
What are the chances in such a house?
If Maccabi Haifa gets more than 4 points, it will be amazing - and you really shouldn't fantasize about anything beyond that, because let's be honest: the experience is going to be crazy.
And the most amazing?
It starts in less than two weeks!
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