Barak Bacher said: "We came to win against a team that came to play for a result"

The coach of Maccabi Haifa referred to the defensive formation of Maccabi Tel Aviv and praised the pair's scorer: "You know Dean David, as soon as he gets an opening, he scores in bunches"

Shlomo Weiss

01/10/2022

Saturday, October 01, 2022, 10:17 p.m. Updated: 10:45 p.m.

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After the surprising loss to Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa tonight (Saturday) hosted Maccabi Tel Aviv for the first game of the season and celebrated a sweet victory like no other - 0:2 over the sworn rival.

And who decided this game?

Dean David, who entered as a substitute in the 71st minute, took advantage of a serious mistake by Saborit and scored the 0:1 in the 86th minute.

But in added time came, perhaps, the most beautiful goal in David's career, who took control of Sheri's ball with his heel, passed Shahar Piven and sent a genius heel into the net of Peretz Hamam.

Haifa rose to the top following this victory and will arrive in good spirits for the match against Juventus in Zat Kippur on Wednesday.

What a sweet victory.

Maccabi Haifa celebrates (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)

Barak Bakr commented on his winning substitutions and said at the end: "All the substitutions were good, Ali Muhammad also helped us a lot. I'm happy that the substitutions helped us win the game. I'm happy for Dean David, he went through a difficult time both personally and professionally. But at the moment If we open up to him, he will score in bunches, we know him. In the end, we have a team and we have to adjust ourselves to what is there. Even in the positions on the wing he was in, he got into situations and just missed."

"Justice was done. We dominated in the first half as well. I'm glad we did it with great character. Every year we want to advance and it doesn't matter what happens in other teams. There is a very powerful process here and year after year this team gets stronger mentally as well as professionally."

"We tried to win the game against a team that was looking more for the result. We had to make adjustments because on the one hand the other team may not be purposeful, but very organized. We didn't prepare for a 5:4:1 diamond. You have to know how to press such a team with 3 brakes. At halftime In the second, we did it better and I'm happy that we succeeded. Sometimes pressing a team with three brakes is not easy. To win a game like this, you have to take risks and we did that and won."

"We went through a busy period and unfortunately against Hapoel Jerusalem we fell off our feet. Today we came much fresher and hungrier. We had to start with such an important victory and already on Wednesday we have Juventus. We need to learn from the mistakes we made in the last game (against Hapoel Jerusalem)."

Beats Maccabi Tel Aviv again.

Barak Bacher (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)

About Franzi Piero, who did not stand out, Bachar said: "He played alone today against three defenders. He kept the ball well, got into a not bad situation. He still needs to get to know the league, two games ago he scored a winning goal in Turner. He will give his due." .

Before Juventus, Becher said: "This victory will give us a very big boost. The lineup? We'll see who fasted, who didn't fast and the lineup is good enough. It's a game where you have to give everything. There are four days to recover, then another game in the league. I need to know to know How to divide forces".

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