Maccabi Haifa will go on Saturday (19:30, Sport 2) for a difficult away game against MS Ashdod.
Coach Barak Becher will be missing his two left defenders, Pierre Curneau and San Menachem, who are injured.
Dolev Haziza may continue as a left lineman in a formation of three brakes.
Also, the tendency is to return Omar Atzili to the 11, most likely in the place of Dean David, in which case, Dia Saba will enter the striker position.
In the meantime, the team's fans have purchased all the tickets for Saturday, including the Ashdod fans' stands, and the YA stadium will be full. Coach Barak Bakar spoke today (Thursday) at a press conference of the champion along with midfielder Muhammad Abu Fani.
Barak Becher commented on the game and said: "There is no doubt that Ashdod will rob one of the best teams in the league. The location does not match their quality. We still need to improve. What happened against KS will not be enough, we will have to improve in many things to win.
Our goal is not to get comfortable now.
Not to say that it will be okay, but to make sure that it will be okay.
also aggressively."
On the difficulty of playing in the stadium in Ashdod, Becher said: "The results speak for themselves. I don't remember an easy game in Ashdod. Even in the victories, we remember that it was difficult there. The atmosphere, the stands, everything looks different. Although I know that our audience will fill the stands and give us a home atmosphere."
Abu Fani, photo: Maor Alxalsi
Regarding the contract extensions of players in the team, he said: "We do not make any cuts, the club does things that not everyone knows about in order to preserve what is here, it is important. I do not think there is such a decision. There is a desire for the players to be happy here. My future is not relevant, there is I have a contract for another season. As long as I'm here, I want to make sure that the future is promising and continue the path and the process. There are results here, but we need to continue for a long time."
Regarding the absence of Pierre Cornot and San Menachem, Bachar said: "Our two left defenders cannot play, I hope that later San will feel good, there are also personal things here"
Midfielder Muhammad Abu Fani first spoke about the change in his function on the field after he started as a fullback against Kiryat Shmona: "In the last game I started as a "6", it is not foreign to me, I played like that in youth as well. The most important thing is that I helped the team win because this is the money time of the season This year it's a little more difficult for us. Teams are coming prepared for us, but there is the bottom line. There is still a lot of time for this season and we hope to end this season as champions."
The midfielder was asked about the status of the home players and said: "It's not a war about who is the most senior. There is no war about who is more senior as a home player. We have one goal and it doesn't matter who is from home and who is an acquired player. They trust us and we need to return it."
In conclusion, Abu Fani spoke about Barak Becher's meeting before the victory over Kiryat Shmona: "Obviously, Barak Becher's words have seeped in. We are trying to get out of this, we won the last game but we expect to return to the ability we showed when we had a run of 11 consecutive victories. We present the The best ability over time. We are less interested than others, we have a goal to win a championship and that is all we are concentrating on."
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