Maccabi Haifa yesterday (Sunday) equaled the record of consecutive victories in the club's history, which stands at 11 in a row, after 1:2 at home against Hapoel Jerusalem.
Alongside the achievement, coach Barak Becher sent a clear message to his players, according to which "in the future, this ability will not be enough", referring to the match against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the next round.
"We are collecting victories, but we are not playing well enough," they said this morning (Monday) at the club, "against Maccabi Tel Aviv we will need a significant improvement. Because it is a completely different story."
Beyond that, the club tried not to publicly criticize the penalty whistled by referee Shlomi Ben Avraham.
At the same time, in the fight, the players were very angry with the drop to the break and some of them directed harsh claims towards the decision.
Midfielder Charon Sherry even received a yellow card.
"The luck is that we won, otherwise we would only be talking about this illusory penalty and its consequences," said players in the team.
Maccabi Haifa celebrates a lucky victory over Hapoel Jerusalem, photo: Barney Ardov
In the meantime, the captain Neta Lavi will stay for good until after the match against Maccabi Tel Aviv and after that he will move to the Japanese Gamba Osaka.
Last night Lavi felt muscle cramps, so it was decided not to start in the lineup.
At the same time, Lavie came up as a substitute and will be eligible to play this season in the next cycle in Bloomfield.
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In amazing shape, photo: Barney Ardov
The one who returned to play after three months is the Swedish defender Daniel Sondgren, who came on as a substitute in the second half.
In Haifa we mentioned that Sondgren will need more time to get back in shape, but there is patience towards him.
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