Tikteknu: today's summary clip in Sport, 27.2 (Sport1)
In ice hockey there is a player known as an enforcer.
This is not an official position, but a definition given to the neighborhood thug, the one who is supposed to maintain order in case things get out of control.
Is the opponent starting to mow?
Did an opposing player provoke?
The enforcer will come to land some blows.
Sometimes even a word or even just his presence on the field is enough.
What enforcers have in common is that due to their cumbersome size and the purpose for which they are intended, deterrence, they are usually very limited players.
This is also true for famous lumberjacks from other fields, for example Vinnie Jones from Wimbledon, Kurt Rambis from the Los Angeles Lakers or Yehiel Ibn Tzur from Beitar Tel Aviv, players with little talent, but those who were hard to pass without ending up with a blue mark .
Starts each game with a high point on the thermostat.
Muhammad Abu Fani (Photo: Maor Al-Khalsi)
There were quite a few enforcers in Israeli football.
Some of them, like Ibn Tzur, were carpenters, others more talented.
Nir Klinger is a parable in the cupola at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Yossi Abouxis was a wonderful technical link but is remembered mainly for his ability to manipulate referees at Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Maccabi Haifa did not have one like that for years. While Hapoel Beer Sheva brought in John Ugo and after him Josua, and Maccabi Tel Aviv nurtured Yoav Ziv and Dan Einbinder for the position and brought up a real ax like Dan Glazer, from Haifa in the last decade was the nice, harmless team. The results were accordingly. Until Barak Bacher and Guy Sarfati arrived, one who knows a thing or two
about Provocations. They understand the importance of a tough character, know how to make players flirt between what is allowed and what is not allowed, understand that when you are a favorite you are allowed more. The seeds of sporting evil were planted when they arrived and last Saturday reached their peak.
Maccabi Haifa does not have one enforcer today, it has several.
Muhammad Abu Fani starts every game with a high point on the thermostat, Daniel Sondgren gives the dirty little things, Dolev Haziza is responsible for the provocations, even Omar Azili does not have the image of a choir boy.
Maccabi Haifa wraps all the talent in a "bad" character.
Bacher raised a gang of Bed Boys.
It works for him.
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Became biased while playing.
Gal Leibovich (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
The reactions of Beitar Jerusalem against the refereeing were extreme. There was more than a hint of truth in their complaints. Gal Leibovich did not arrive on a tilted court, he simply became one during the game. The atmosphere in the stadium was electrifying, the energies were in the sky, the stands threatened to explode with almost every move In Beitar they said Leibovitch whistled because of the chants of the crowd.
The truth is not far from there, not a single decision of his went in favor of Beitar Jerusalem. He gave the penalty after being called to VAR without drawing a yellow for Abu Fani, the goal for Maccabi Haifa was disallowed after interference, the 11th kick for Maccabi Haifa was approved despite that it is possible that he also knew it was not a penalty (the referees' overwhelming agreement with the VAR and turning them into a rubber stamp is a subject for another discussion).
It was a disgraceful judgment, even if, it is important to emphasize - Leibovich did not bring it from home and he is not alone either. The studies show that referees biased towards the home team. It was not the referee's integrity that was tested here, but his ability to avoid aligning with the statistics. There he failed.
Maccabi Haifa has an important advantage - it is the champion and it is, well, the number 1 candidate for winning another title.
Favorites are more impressive.
So Sondgren puts a small one in the asperia, Azili dives without contact to get a yellow and Firecracker ducks like a duck in range and gets the second yellow.
This is what bad kids do, they run red lights in places where there are no police cars or when they know the police will see and turn a blind eye.
And they escape punishment time and time again.
Who like Aboxis knows this.
Dolev Haziza against Beitar Jerusalem (photo: screenshot, .)
The interesting question now is what is Maccabi Haifa's credit line.
Watabatism ("what if") celebrates her.
"A goal was disallowed for us from the exact same position," Maccabi Tel Aviv fans received after Dia Saba's clearly different goal in Ashdod.
"If it's our player, it's sure to be red," Hapoel Be'er Sheva fans tweeted after Sondgren's defeat of Asperia.
In Beitar, in general, there was a frenzy about "the four yellows that Chaziza should have received".
The question is whether the statistics will straighten out. Rest assured that the claims do not fall on deaf ears. Judges are alert and sensitive to media echo, anyone who judges Maccabi Haifa will want to prove that he is objective from the opening whistle to Finally, maybe too much. On the other hand, real bad kids always make sure to keep going and do things under the radar.
made the right decision.
Maor Levy (Photo: Barney Ardov)
In the first round, after Maccabi Haifa's sensational loss to Bnei Rayna, many accusing fingers were pointed, including by the writer of these lines, towards Maor Levy.
It seems that this was the game that sealed the fate of this season for him.
He knew after him that he would not finish her in green.
As a Maccabi Haifa midfielder, Levy had quite a few options in the Premier League.
Maccabi Netanya wanted him, as did Bnei Raina.
Hadera was vetoed by the home team because of the team's defensive style.
Among all these options, Levy chose the least flashy - Maccabi Petah Tikva of his coach in the Bnei Lam youth.
Is it more correct for a young player to go down to the national team and be the head of the foxes rather than the tail of the lions?
It's hard to tell, but on the face of it Levy, who scored a beautiful goal with a free kick on Friday against Bnei Yehuda, made the right decision.
This is not only the umbrella for Lem, who appreciates him professionally, it is also the opportunity to be part of a successful team and develop in one of the best nurturing incubators in Israeli football.
When the season ends, after qualifying for the Premier League, Levy will return to Maccabi Haifa, where they will decide whether to keep him or loan him out again.
If he impresses and is a full partner in the qualification, he may win another season in Petah Tikva, maybe he will get a chance in another team with the potential to be in the middle of the table.
One way or another, Levy had to recalculate a course after a stuttering start to the season.
It may very well pay off for him in the future.
At this stage, Maccabi Haifa fans are still following the matter.
does not pass the result test.
Roni Levy (Photo: Barney Ardov)
Roni Levy's move, which took out no less than three key players in the first half at Teddy, was brave.
Levy is tired of what he sees on the field, a group of players who get too much money for too little return.
Alon Turgeman went down to the dressing room in anger?
Let him start giving his soul on the field, four goals for a striker of his size is a joke.
But Levy still doesn't pass the result test.
When he arrived at Hapoel Haifa, she flirted with the bottom.
Then she moved to socialize around the nominations for the top playoffs.
With two games left in the regular season, her chances of getting there are slim to none.
With three points separating it from sixth place, Hapoel Haifa hosts Maccabi Haifa and then hosts Maccabi Tel Aviv.
possible?
Everything is possible, but Levy and his players are in a very difficult position.
Levy has done an overall reasonable job since he arrived, but if he doesn't lead the team to the top playoffs the failure will be on him.
He got the boost he wanted, and the run wasn't good enough.
If for Hapoel Haifa this will be another season with the slogan "we changed a coach and all we got is eighth place", Levy will be the man to receive this dubious souvenir shirt, and it will place him in the place of every generic coach who has reached this team or another in the lower part of the table.
He probably thinks he is worth more than that, and theoretically he is indeed worth more than that, but what matters are the practical results.
This is the part where he fails.
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