Maccabi Haifa defender, Pierre Corneau, was injured in the Haifa derby as part of the state quarterfinals, in which the Greens won 5:1.
Since then, the champion has not won in 6 out of 10 matches, and the desire to see the Frenchman return only grew stronger as time passed.
Coach Barak Becher tried several alternatives: San Menachem, the natural defender who was injured and sidelined;
Sean Goldberg was shifted from the position of stopper and collapsed against Maccabi Tel Aviv; Raz Meir was tried against Hapoel Hadera and was replaced in the first half; and even Dolev Haziza, a winger, was shifted back.
"When a left back is so dominant, then it's natural to feel his lack," admitted the green club, "fortunately, he returns just in time. Quite a few players did everything to cover him, but there is no doubt that he is significant and we felt how much, during the time he was missing."
From the point of view of the professional team, it is not only about the defensive and offensive contribution of the Frenchman.
The dry numbers are three assists and 5 accurate key passes since the beginning of the season in the league.
In practice, Curno allows Barak Bacher to play in his favorite formation with a back four, but also to combine a formation of three brakes with two dominant wings, as he did in the Champions League.
"There are players who allow tactical flexibility," they explained in Haifa, "Corno is one of them, Dolev Haziza is one of them, also Daniel Sondgren and others. For a coach, this is a kind of asset."
The last injury was one of the complexities of Pierre Cornot's career - on paper, a tear in the hamstring;
In practice, he returned after about three weeks, and after a check-up it was made clear to him that everything was fine.
On the other hand, Curno himself did not feel that he was free to move and asked coach Barak Bacher for more recovery time.
In the end, he took off for treatments in France to recover as he wished.
We beamed.
We haven't really found a replacement, photo: Maor Alxalsi
Hair musical
In the dressing room, the acclimatization of the French defender (26) is excellent.
He connected with Dylan in Tobinsika, his fellow countryman, and also with friends Pierrot, Ali Muhammad, Rami Gershon, Abdoulaye Sek and other French speakers.
In his homeland, in the town of Avignon in France, every game is followed and in recent times it was hoped that the local man would return from the injury he suffered as soon as possible.
"Pierre feels great at Maccabi Haifa, he is finally realizing his potential," explained Claude Cassier, a local French journalist and added: "There were times when they thought Corno would not be able to pass the threshold of the second Spanish league. Today we think that Haifa can only be a stop on the way His for a big league, maybe even for the first league in France. With the exception of PSG, Monaco, Marseille or Lyon, not many teams have defenders of his level on the roster."
Inside the dressing room, the players were mainly concerned with transplanting the hair that had passed, and it seems to have succeeded over time.
The joke between the players dealt with the question of how assistant coach Guy Sarfati's transplant went smoothly, while Corno's was less so.
After the national team break, Curno returned with a neat blue and was received in the dressing room with many smiles by the players.
With these compliments, Curno is expected to return to the lineup against Hapoel Haifa, the opponent against whom he was injured and replaced 12 games ago.
As far as Maccabi is concerned, the closing of the circle will not only be with his participation in the lineup, but mainly if the team returns to display the ability that characterized it during his peak period and that of his other members.
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