Hapoel BS will host Maccabi Haifa tomorrow (Saturday) for the main game of the third round. The cup holder faces the champion, the two teams that met in the "Champion of Champions" and in general, encountered an unprecedented situation in the last two years, when the two clubs competed head-to-head for titles.
"Once the commonality between Hapoel BS and Maccabi Haifa was the rivalry against Maccabi Tel Aviv, today the situation has changed," said the Haifa fan groups on social media.
So it's true, maybe there's no bad blood, and that's good, but factually Hapoel BS took the last two titles in a direct fight against Haifa, both in a penalty shootout.
The first title was the State Cup in May.
The second, as mentioned, the champion of champions last summer in Sami Ofer.
On paper, both teams aim to run for the championship, and the first game between them in the league will be held at the Toto Turner Stadium.
"Last season, there were situations that never happened in matches between the clubs," they said in B.S.
We never had that against Maccabi Haifa.
But naturally, when the two teams go head to head for titles, it's natural that each one will fight for them."
After the last loss in the league, tomorrow's game takes on another dimension for BS, and it is the continuation of maintaining a reasonable distance from the top, when the league is only in the third round. Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv are perfect, while BS lost this week to MS Ashdod. In the situation To a certain extent, the gap from the top at the end of the third cycle may stand at 6 points, and this without entering the professional level of BS compared to Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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"We are aware of exactly what is at stake," concluded the players in Beer Sheva, "it's not just that Maccabi Haifa have struggled against us in all the last games. It is true that this is only the third game, but we will come to fight for our lives."
Thinking about Europe
BS coach Eliniv Barda will bring midfielder Shafi Solimanov, who was rested against Ashdod, back into the lineup. Tomer Hamed is also expected to start in the 11. On the other hand, Barak Becher will also rotate and is expected to go up with his strong lineup, when on Tuesday Haifa will play in Lisbon against Benfica in the Champions League .
Curno, Sondgren, Lavie, Atzili, Khaza, Sheri and Piero will return to the lineup, after starting on the bench against Sakhnin.
Fullback Abdullahi Sak has signed with the club but will not be in the squad.
On the other hand, Bacher considers including Dylan in Tubinsika.
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