A car, a watch and a weekend at a B&B: Haifa fans do everything to get to Bloomfield - Walla! Sport

Summary: Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Jerusalem 1:2 (Sport1)

As far as high-profile games in Israeli football are concerned, it is customary to use the term "ticket craze" to emphasize the high demand among the fan base.

But ahead of this season's game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa on Monday at Bloomfield, this slightly washed-up term takes on new meaning.

Only 2,850 tickets were allocated to Maccabi Haifa fans for the match, in which the team will be able to take another significant step towards winning a third championship in a row.

The vast majority of Bloomfield Stadium will be painted yellow-blue in the second.

On the other hand, needless to say, all the tickets allocated to Maccabi Haifa fans were snapped up in a flash.

Still, the rush for tickets on the green side is breaking records, and the proof can be found on social media.

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To be exchanged: a Rolex watch in exchange for three tickets (photo: screenshot, from Facebook)

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A stroll through the unofficial pages of Maccabi Haifa fans on Facebook illustrates how high the demand is, and what concessions some fans are willing to make in order to be part of the lucky 2,850 who will enter Bloomfield on the second.

The offers that fans offer in the form of tickets seem almost crazy: some offer free nights in B&Bs in the north of the country, others are ready to get rid of souvenirs with sentimental value, and there are even those who go so far as to give up a car and luxury watches.

There are those who are willing to give up nostalgic items (photo: screenshot, from Facebook)

A vacation package worth NIS 1,500?

This can also be found (photo: screenshot, from Facebook)

Or a free night every day of the week (photo: screenshot, from Facebook)

If Maccabi Haifa wins, it will increase the gap from who is considered its main competitor for the championship to 11 points, a gap that seems insurmountable.

But it doesn't end there: it's also an opportunity to set a new club record of 12 consecutive wins in the league, and what better than to do it against the arch rival?

Either way, to be part of the 2,850 individuals of virtue who might get to be a part of it, painful concessions are required.

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