Round 35
20:30
15/05/2023
Maccabi Netanya
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Maccabi Haifa
Recap of Maccabi Haifa's 1:4 victory over Maccabi Netanya (Sport1)
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya will host Maccabi Haifa tomorrow (Monday, 20:30) in a game that could also be the eve of the Greens' coronation. In recent days there has been a real frenzy surrounding the tickets for the game, with Maccabi Netanya's management even revocating a number of subscriptions from its fans, who were caught after selling the tickets to Maccabi Haifa fans.
Netanya attributes great importance to the game, also because of the close battle for fourth place and especially ahead of the State Cup final that will be held next Tuesday, and everyone hopes to arrive in good spirits for this game.
Patrick Twomassi, who was hospitalized for a series of tests due to abdominal pain, was released from the hospital, believed to be the cause of the abdominal pain being spicy food that the Ghanaian ate two days ago and apparently negatively affected him. At this stage, it appears that he will get a rest, but the final decision will not be made until tomorrow. The one who should rest is Boris Eno, who is in danger of yellows for the final and the team will not want to risk him. The squad will also be missing the injured Liran Rothman, Ahmed Salman and goalkeeper Tomer Sarfati, who took off with the youth team for the World Cup in Argentina.
Good preparation for the cup final. Itamar Nitzan (Photo: Bernie Ardov)
Maccabi Haifa
For the second time in two weeks, Maccabi Haifa will come into the game knowing that a win equals a championship. The Greens will arrive in Netanya with a missing squad, with Ali Mohammed, Mavis Chibota and Abdoulaye Seck absent from the penalties they received following the Turner incident, and Daniel Sundgren and Omar Atzili serving suspension sentences for yellow cards.
Due to the shortcomings, it is possible that Behar will have a three-brake setup and then Dolev Haziza will play on the entire right line. In that case, Frenzy Pierrot and Dean David will collaborate in attack and Dia Seba and Charon Sherry will play in midfield along with Mohammed Abu Fani. "The connections don't matter, in the end it's one game from the championship and whoever plays has to bring the win and the championship," the team said.
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Together on offense? Dean David with Frenzy Pierrot (Photo: Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
Trivia
* A victory would guarantee Maccabi Haifa its third consecutive championship and 15th in history. It will also be able to celebrate in case of a draw if Hapoel Be'er Sheva does not win at the same time, and even in case of loss if second in the table loses to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
* 14 years ago, Maccabi Haifa was crowned in Netanya. Thembinkosi Fantani and Biram Kiel then scored 0-2 in the box and secured their 11th championship.
* There were 137 meetings between the teams in the top division, with Maccabi Haifa leading 39:68 in wins and another 30 games undecided.
* Maccabi Netanya eliminated Maccabi Haifa from the cup, but in the league they managed to beat them only once in the last 14 meetings (0-3 at home in April last year).
* Maccabi Haifa has made seven turnovers this season and scored 23 points from behind situations, but in the last two away games it has led and experienced turnarounds at its expense when it lost 2:1 to Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Team line-up
Referee:Aviad ShiloahStadium:Ashdod
Maccabi Netanya Coach: Ran Kozuch
Game layout
4:3:3
- 1a. Bud
- 2p. Weir
- 12j. Field
- 4R. Shlomo
- 42n. Ouammo
- 6p. Gendelman
- 99a. Azoulay
- 15a. Abraham
- 9a. Bilu
- 11a. Zlatanovic
- 22S. Bilanki
Replacement bench:
Maccabi Haifa Coach: Barak Bachar
Game layout
3:5:2
- 44c. Cohen
- 19d. In Tobinsika
- 55R. Gershon
- 3Q. Goldberg
- 8d. Firecracker
- 10K. Sherry
- 16m. Abu Fani
- 91d. Seba
- 27P. Cornu
- 9P. Pierrot
- 21d. David
Replacement bench:
Top playoffs
group Games Victories Even Losses Gates Points 1 Maccabi Haifa 34 25 3 6 33-66 75 2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 34 23 5 6 26-63 71 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 34 19 10 5 22-64 67 4 Hapoel Jerusalem 34 12 9 13 38-38 45 5 Maccabi Netanya 34 12 9 13 51-43 45 6 M.S. Ashdod 34 10 10 14 44-39 40
Top Playoff Round Matches (Saturday, 20:30):
Maccabi Haifa vs Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs M.S. Ashdod
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Tags
- Maccabi Netanya
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