In Maccabi Haifa they were proud: "Atzili and David are suitable for all levels"
The greens were encouraged by the ability of the substitutes who "introduced a new spirit" in the loss to Juventus, the players sent a message to Bacher: "It doesn't matter in what setting, we want Azili on the field."
In the professional team, on the other hand, they are worried about the "lawlessness" in the defense: "There were pitfalls that do not characterize us"
Shlomo Weiss
06/10/2022
Thursday, 06 October 2022, 07:40
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Maccabi Haifa continued in the line that characterizes it this season in the group stage of the Champions League - when it was again defeated, and again left with the compliments.
"We were not at all far from coming back from a two-goal deficit," said one of the players in the team after the 3:1 win over Juventus in Turin.
"We proved once again that we come to every game to compete, that we don't come to close ourselves off. Yesterday it almost paid off."
The team complimented the players who started last night in the lineup and faced the Italian luxury team, even though quite a few players who were included in the 11 don't often play together on normal days.
At the same time, when Dean David and Omar Azili entered as substitutes, the momentum became completely on the side of the greens.
"There is no doubt that the substitutes brought in a new spirit," the club said, "we were worth two or maybe three goals in this game."
At the same time, the professional team did not like the defensive game to say the least and especially the big holes that were created many times against the attacks of Juventus.
"A group like ours does not have the luxury of giving so much territory to a group at this level," said an official in Haifa, "There were ignorance and there was lawlessness that does not characterize us."
Compliments?
The professional team is worried about the "lawlessness" in the defense.
Bacher at the end (Photo: Reuters)
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During the first two games and in general also in the qualifying campaign, the debate often arose as to whether Omar Atzili - the best player in the Israeli league - is suitable for the games in Europe.
After his tally against Red Star led to the goal that lifted the Greens to the Champions League, Atzili found himself on the bench again against Benfica, which caused him a huge disappointment.
Yesterday the midfielder came in as a substitute because of the Yom Kippur fast and in the minutes he was on the field he was the best on the grass, hitting the crossbar three times.
"Omar proved that not only is he suitable for Europe, he is suitable for the high levels there," said the club.
Even among his friends, they complimented the player and said: "He was tremendous. It doesn't matter in what setting, we want him on the grass always."
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"We want him on the grass."
Atzili (photo: official website, Reuven Cohen, courtesy of Maccabi Haifa)
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The other player about whom there were quite a few discussions this season is Dean David.
David completed a dream week that started with a double against Maccabi Tel Aviv, and ended with the highlight of his career - a goal on the main stage of Europe.
David became the first Israeli to score in the green uniform in the home of the champions since Yaniv Katan in 2002, and the first to score in an away game since Sharan Zahavi did so in the Hapoel Tel Aviv uniform.
"We said - when Dean scores one goal, he will start to explode," one of his friends mentioned.
"We know how much he wanted to score. There is no doubt that he is an excellent striker at any level."
In Haifa they also complimented the crowd that came in huge numbers.
4,000 fans were present in the stands in Turin, although Juventus allocated only 2,300 tickets.
The Greens even held a march before the game that impressed even the local fans.
eighth house
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Paris Saint Germain
3
2
1
0
3-6
7
2
in issue
3
2
1
0
2-5
7
3
Juventus
3
1
0
2
5-5
3
4
Maccabi Haifa
3
0
0
3
8-2
0
Maccabi Haifa's next matches in the Champions League
Juventus (B) - 11.10
Paris Saint-Germain (H) - 25.10
Benfica (B) - 2.11
sport
Israeli soccer
Super League
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