Summary: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Maccabi Haifa 0:3 (Sport1)
The 3:0 loss last night (Monday) by Maccabi Haifa to Maccabi Tel Aviv not only reopened the fight for the championship, but also continued a somewhat sad tradition for the star of the Greens, Omer Azili.
Last season's top scorer in the Premier League and who also leads the scorers table this season (together with Eran Zahavi, starting yesterday) has been a prolific scorer in recent years, but something bad happens to him when he meets the former Maccabi Tel Aviv.
In fact, throughout his career, Atzili finds it difficult to make a mark on the meetings between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
No less than 16 times Atzili took part in what is considered the Israeli classic - 11 times as the player of the greens, and 5 times in the days when he still wore the yellow-blue uniform.
The network, if you were wondering, he still hasn't found.
Also yesterday Atzil showed poor ability by his standards.
He had signed only two threats to the goal including one to the frame (which was also easily absorbed by Daniel Peretz).
His stats also included one key pass, two successful dribbles and that's about it.
Atzili's lack of sharpness is reflected in his low percentage of accurate passes (11 out of 19, 58%), and the lack of concentration was manifested in 8 turnovers.
When will he appear in the big game of Israeli football?
Atzili, on the right (Photo: Barney Ardov)
Still, these are still better numbers than Franzi Piero.
The striker, who is in a less than good personal time, was perhaps the weakest link of Maccabi Haifa in the 47 minutes he played.
Piero was supposed to provide Haifa with a physical advantage and presence against the relatively improvised defense of Maccabi Tel Aviv, which was missing the fast and robust Derrick Lucassen.
However, in practice Piero presented a very weak ability.
He lost 12 balls, the most in the team and kicked the goal only once, finishing without threats to the frame.
Surprisingly, Piero's physical advantage was also not reflected and he won only 6 of his 15 fights (40%).
He even finished with 3-of-9 (33%) in ground fights, and did not draw a single foul.
In order to win a third championship in a row, Maccabi Haifa will have to collect points against Maccabi Tel Aviv later in the season and for that to happen, they will have to get improved ability from Atzili and Piero.
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