Recap: Maccabi Haifa vs Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:3 (Sport1)
Great vigilance at Maccabi Haifa ahead of tonight's game (Monday, 20:30) against Maccabi Netanya. After several stumbles in key games this season, the Greens want to secure their third consecutive championship tonight.
The team knows that a loss by Hapoel Be'er Sheva to Maccabi Tel Aviv will in any case give them the championship tonight without the game against Netanya being important, but the players and professional staff in Haifa made it clear that they are not referring at all to the meeting that will be held simultaneously in Bloomfield.
"We have nothing to relate to this game because it is not significant for us if we win," said a player in the team, "Today everything depends on us without calculations of other factors. We will come to win, because our crowd and we deserve to take the championship after a win."
Who cares about subtractions? Abu Fani, Haziza and Seba (Photo: Maor al-Qasalasi)
Barak Bachar will be missing quite a few key players. Abdoulaye Sek, Ali Mohammed and Mavis Chibota are suspended following the incidents of Turner and Daniel Sundgren and Omar Atzili are out for accumulating yellow cards.
Because of this, Behar may come up in a three-brake setup. If he doesn't end up doing so, Mahmoud Jaber could be in the lineup. Despite the shortcomings, Haifa made it clear that there are no excuses and that they are determined to secure the championship tonight. "We want the championship already and we have to finish it today," said a player on the team. "Our hearts aren't that strong for another drama, so we have to come focused and determined to finish the story tonight."
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