Summary clip of today's events in sports, 4.1 (Sport1)
Three days after achieving a sweet victory over Hapoel Beer Sheva in the league and opening a safe gap at the top, Maccabi Haifa continued today (Wednesday) with its impressive ability in the cup as well, advancing to the quarterfinals thanks to an impressive 1:5 over Hapoel Haifa in another one-sided derby.
Neta Lavie scored first in Vola (8), perhaps in the last appearance before moving to Japan, Chibuta added (19) after another assist by Khaza, Abdoulaye Sek (77) and Omar Atzili (78) closed the deal with a double within a minute after Bogan Zimek (60) ), and Dean David sealed in style (88) the great victory of the Greens, who took advantage of the fact that their opponent kicked with ten players after the expulsion of Gal Aral following his wild foul (23).
The lottery will be held tomorrow.
At the end, Neta Lavie thanked the crowd and waved to the Maccabi Haifa fans, against the background of his expected departure to the Japanese league, and received great love for many minutes.
Maccabi Haifa's next game will be away against Ness Ziona on Sunday, so even if he plays in the next game, it might be his last at home.
Barak Bakr clarified:
An exciting moment.
Lavi (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
Will it go up when the north stand is closed?
The flare show (photo: Maor Alxalsi)
Two Maccabi Haifa fans were arrested on suspicion of lighting flares on the field: one a 22-year-old resident of Or Yehuda and the other a 24-year-old resident of Tamra.
Because of the flares, the court may apply the conditional punishment Maccabi Haifa has for closing the north stand ahead of the next home game against Hapoel Jerusalem.
Maccabi Haifa player Netta Lavi says goodbye to the crowd (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
Everything goes for her.
Maccabi Haifa is jubilant (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
Barak Bacher
on the five and the ability: "We owed such ability to ourselves and the crowd. We took the ability hard against Beer Sheva even though we won and we had to improve things. Most of the goals today came because we pressed properly, we should continue like this on Sunday. I told the players that the DNA of Maccabi Haifa is a team that comes madly, that presses. It doesn't make sense that we lose to Beer Sheva in these parameters, I'm glad that we raised the level today. This was perhaps the most important game of the season, we came excited and happy that we passed this way.
"It has nothing to do with what happened last year.
Every year Haifa targets all degrees.
We are moving forward slowly, we will wait for the draw and see what we get, what is more important is Sunday, to continue the streak in the league and the ability from today"
on Chibuta: "Maois has been showing good signs for a long time, both in training and when he plays.
Today we adapted the method to players like him and like Rockavicia who played like two strikers, they did beautiful things.
Nikita also gave a good game despite the miss"
On the crowd's protest and possible closing of the northern stand following the flares: "Always significant, can't comment on things I don't know. I hope whoever has to make the decisions will be smart, the crowd is the most important thing and needs to be protected."
I'm attacking the distant connections again.
Atzili (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
Mavis Chibuta
, who once again got a chance and excelled: "It's been a while since I feel much better, happy that I was able to score. Less concerned with what they say, a price tag, whoever paid knows what he paid. Every minute they give me is a blessing and I look forward to it. There is here Excellent staff."
On the confrontation with Dor Malol: "Dor is an excellent player that I respect very much. There are emotions in the game, at the end you have to shake hands and go home."
Dolev Haziza
: "It's great fun to get back to business. I didn't know I was starting until the last minute. I was very excited, I didn't think I was supposed to start. I like the role I played, I played it even before the injury and I cooked twice."
On the game: "Personally, I'm always stressed when we lose to 2:1. The substitutions helped us a lot. Atzili came in well, Dean as usual continues with his own. The whole staff helped win this game, it's important to win a derby, especially in the cup."
On the opponent: "All the players have matured, we realized that we don't need to annoy and sting. We just need to win on the field, things are not personal. The derby is the most important thing for our audience, we are happy that we made it happier. We are looking at the next game.
"We were very lucky against Baer seven.
Bacher gave us a nod after that game and said that today we had to return the joy to the crowd, we owed it to him.
We pressed the Hapoel like crazy, even before they got the red.
I am already waiting for the lottery to take place and what we will get.
Any group that comes to Sami Ofer, I will be happy."
Raise the level.
Maccabi Haifa players (photo: Maor Alxalsi)
Roni Levy
said about the five: "Unfortunately, the game developed in such a way that we conceded a goal very quickly and a red in the first minutes, which is very difficult. Under the circumstances, the differences in levels were quickly reflected. Ten players is the most difficult start."
Levy was asked if he was satisfied with his team's ability: "Can I be satisfied with a game like this? The players need to know how to defend better even with ten players, to be less exposed. Even at 2:1, players were too enthusiastic and we were dragged into an overtime game - which should not be done. It's not good enough and there's a lot of work. Gal Aral? He said he's sorry, not too much. There's no time in these moments to talk."
According to the coach, "Everyone knows the importance of the game against Hadera. We are struggling not to get involved in the crowded bottom, and on the other hand, we dream of the direction of the top playoffs. This is a critical game."
On possible acquisitions and the release of players: "Will Tomer Yousfi arrive by Saturday? It could be. Will someone be released in this position? I see it differently, it's important to have competition and quality players, we need ones with new blood."
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"At 2:1, the players were too enthusiastic and we were dragged into an overtime game - which should not be done."
Levy (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
Dor Malol
about the defeat: "Very hard feelings, there are no other words about the final result. We prepared and organized, we came into the game with a very positive attitude, we wanted to do something that would advance us further, mainly to look good and get a good result. The start was bad for us, a 2:0 deficit and red It's not an easy story. We came back to 2:1 and were a bit better in the second half, there were more chances to equalize and the third goal broke us. There is no explanation, we must not concede five goals against any team in any game. The luck is that we have two days and we can fix it already on Saturday. This game is the World Cup for us, we have to come at the peak of preparedness and motivation to fix for our audience, he gave a tremendous display and we felt him behind us, it hurts to let him down like that.
"In retrospect, you can always do things differently and say what we could have fixed. We came at the beginning of the game motivated, very eager and ready. We fell in the things we talk about, about the foundation that opens up the game for them and puts us in a flounder. In the second half, we knew how to protect ourselves and it's a shame that we didn't know how to take advantage of it After we lost 2:1.
"How can we win a derby?
It's behind me, I'm not thinking about the next derby, the upcoming game against Hadera is one of our most important this season.
We are aware that the table is crowded and want to escape as quickly as possible.
In these circumstances, the short time between games is for the best.
We will do two very concentrated training sessions, we will line up the ranks and come prepared."
The Hapoel Haifa players are disappointed (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
who advance to the quarter-finals
Maccabi Haifa - fourth year in a row in the quarterfinals
Maccabi Tel Aviv - third year in a row in the quarterfinals
Beitar Jerusalem - return to the quarterfinals after three years
Maccabi Netanya - return to the quarterfinals after four years
MS Ashdod - return to the quarterfinals after two years
Maccabi Petah Tikva - fourth time in the last five years in the quarter-finals
Hapoel Petah Tikva - first quarter-final since the 2004/05 season
Hapoel Afula/Hapoel Kfar Saba
sport
Israeli soccer
Super League
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