Tikteknu: today's sports summary clip, 28.2 (Sport1)
Maccabi Haifa said goodbye to the dream of the double this evening (Tuesday) after losing an advantage and losing at home 2:1 in overtime to Maccabi Netanya in the second leg of the cup quarter-finals.
The Greens wanted to return to the semi-final status for the third time in a row, but Dia Saba's goal in the 28th minute was not enough, as Liran Rothman (49) and Patrick Tovmasi (99) gave the victory to the guest and sent the champion to focus only on the league, 32 years after the only double in its history.
The disappointed Barak Bakr concluded: "It's a cup, we play against a team in good shape, in our best minutes we couldn't score, in our worst minutes we conceded. It hurts, we have a 24-hour rule, we'll be sad for 24 hours and then we'll prepare for the derby. We played against a good team that pressured us , we were exposed. It's a typical cup game between two good teams, the game was decided on one mistake, it's part of the game, we keep moving forward. "I don't see anything positive when we lose, but it's history, you can't bring back what was."
Despite his goal, Maccabi Haifa is out.
Dia Saba (Photo: Barney Ardov)
The coach continued: "We started well and could have taken a 0:2 lead, we conceded an unnecessary goal. We had good substitutions that brought energy and quality. When you lose, that is always wrong in retrospect. If we had won, everything would have been fine. When we lose, they say that the coach is to blame, I will take responsibility. It sucks to fly away from the cup, We made a nice road and won the derby in the round of 16, we lost to a team that was better than us, it deserved it. We will draw conclusions, get a little upset and prepare for the derby. The only goal right now is the championship, we are in a not bad position at all. Let's hope to make the crowd happy after the disappointment tonight."
On publishing Dia Saba: "I wanted to make three changes, that's what I decided at that moment."
On Omar Atzili: "He is in a less good time. He wants and tries, things don't work out. We support him and are sure he will give us a lot more."
Shawn Goldberg added: "Of course it sucks, we really wanted to get a step up. We now have other goals to focus on. We weren't sharp enough. We got into situations and the game was rhythmic and could have been decided for both sides, unfortunately it was decided on the other side in overtime. Sometimes things don't go our way We want to. We lost and that's part of the point. We need to raise our heads quickly, we have the league. This is the life of a footballer, we need to recover quickly and make the fans happy in the derby."
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