Recap: Maccabi Netanya vs Maccabi Haifa 5:1 (Sport1)
Josh Cohen - 7
Although the Jewish-American goalkeeper was absent for a considerable period of time due to injury, he showed the stability required on the way to a historic Champions League group stage season and a third consecutive championship for the club, including a decisive penalty stop by Menashe Zelka in extra time and another penalty in the turnaround against Ashdod in the opening round of the top playoffs.
Roy Mashpati - 6
Unlike last season when he played exclusively in the cup, the co-goalkeeper logged over 700 league minutes, kept a clean net three times and proved that there is someone to rely on when the first goalkeeper is injured.
Daniel Sundgren - 8
With all due respect to the championship, he will first of all be remembered from this season for the shrinking goal in Belgrade after Dolev Haziza's penalty miss, a goal thanks to which Maccabi Haifa eventually reached the group stage. Significantly upgraded the position of right defender in green, was sorely lacking when he was injured. Despite the decline in recent weeks, together with Korno the defenders are the best reinforcement Haifa made last summer.
Abdoulaye Sek-8
did not start well in green, seemed insecure, unfocused and nervous. There was talk of falling even when he scored a pair in Paris, but over time and after acclimatization, he became the most stable and confident player in the team's defense and one of the most beloved players in the stands. And it only intensified after the Turner events.
Dylan Betovinka - 6
The Greens' leading defender quickly stepped in as Bogdan Planić's replacement, but later experienced a decline in ability, was injured, and even when he returned did not become an anchor and lost the debut to his friend Sek.
The penalties were again the highlight for him. Josh Cohen (Photo: Maor Elkeslassy)
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Shaun Goldberg - 7
A somewhat strange
season for the defender/defender, which included several injuries and possibly mandatory goals that he played a significant part in, but overall he established himself in the central defender position at Maccabi Haifa and the national team, and his stability is one of the reasons why the team is celebrating a third consecutive championship.
Pierre Corneau - 8
upgraded the left defensive position in Haifa significantly. The injury he suffered stopped him a bit and his absence was very noticeable, but still, an excellent season with heights that frightened any defense, five assists in the league and a big advantage for Maccabi Haifa in this position.
Rami Gershon - 6
Rami Gershon has nearly 500 league minutes this season with a lot of trust from Barak Behar, who relies on him as a backup from the bench and also in the lineup. It's not easy to sit on the sidelines for much of the season and know how to do the job when you're called upon, especially after years of injuries and lack of playing time. He may not be at his peak, but his professionalism, personality and healthy character keep Gershon in Haifa year after year.
Raz Meir and San Menachem -
The 6
injuries to Sundgren and Korno allowed the two a chance for playing minutes. They did a pretty good job even though the absence of the two foreigners could not be ignored. Still, they are part of the texture and championship threes in succession in green. In the case of Sun Menachem, we wish him health first and foremost.
Unique weapons. Pierre Corneau (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
Netta Lavi - 8
The former
captain is already in Japan, but he has tremendous significance in the team's achievements this season, from Europe to the league. It is no coincidence that so many efforts were made to keep him at the club on an upgraded contract, knowing that it was not easy to find a midfielder of his level, but he preferred to change the atmosphere.
Mohammed Abu Fani - 8
The most motivated player in Maccabi Haifa. If Abu Fani has the right energy, he is the best in the country at his job. You could see him showing superiority over Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus midfielders, a kind of barometer in big games. At the same time, he has experienced too many ups and downs in the league that hurt him, and perhaps even stop his dream of reaching a top league in Europe.
Ali Mohammed - 8
Mohammed's second championship with the Greens. In Europe (including a pair for Apollon) and at the beginning of the season in the league he showed phenomenal ability that turned Maccabi Haifa into a fearsome team. Like everyone else, he experienced mental declines and small injuries and arrived at the finish line a little tired, but still - the team's dynamo in the center of the field.
Mahmoud Jaber - 6
Jaber was injured in July and returned after more than six months to a running and successful team. He integrated, got playing minutes and also returned to the Israeli national team. As a complementary player to this championship, he did his job.
When he's at the right energy, the best in the country is at his job. Mohammed Abu Fani (Photo: Bernie Ardov)
Dolev Haziza - 7
The frantic
midfielder was one of Haifa's standout players on the European tour, but in the league he suffered a long injury and the return to fitness was slow. He expected to finish the season with more goals and assists than two goals and a single assist, but paved the way for a turnaround against Maccabi Tel Aviv and still, when you think about Maccabi Haifa and the three championships, he was at the top of the list of players responsible for the dynasty.
Charon Sherry - 8
At some point in the season he was the best player in Maccabi Haifa. What he brought to the team in these three championships places him in the top 5 best foreigners to set foot in Israel. A stranger who changed the team and took it a few notches forward, even if at times it seems that he is starting to wear out a bit.
Dia Seba - 7
The midfielder-striker arrived in January to upgrade the front. For what Barak Bachar needed, he gave the extra and freshness to the front, and towards the end also provided numbers. If they manage to keep it, it will only get better.
Omer Noble - 9
Like everyone else, Noble has gone through ups and downs in ability during the busy season, but in his case only the numbers speak. 21 goals and 10 assists, including cases in which he decided games with his own feet. The man delivers the produce that brings degrees year after year.
The sophisticated gate at the heel cannot be forgotten. Dean David (Photo: Maor Elkeslassy)
Frenzy Pierrot - 6
On the European tour, he looked like an attacking player who would be above the league and score a huge amount of goals here. In practice, he disappointed throughout most of the league games, not giving the team's attack the added value, neither physically nor technically. He scored eight goals in the league and beat Beersheba twice, but without Europe he would be in a serious disappointment slot.
Dean David - 7
started the season as a second striker with credit given to Piero. He lost confidence and ability, but over time he regained his strength with nine goals in the league, some of them decisive, and it is impossible to forget the heel against Maccabi Tel Aviv in Haifa.
Mavis Chibota - 5
The change he brought from the bench in the dramatic victory in Ashdod, with an assist and a cross ball that led to a penalty, gave him a good taste for a season in which he did not contribute too much. Still did not justify the large investment.
Nikita Rukavytsya - 5
Rukavytsya returned to Haifa knowing his place - a third or fourth striker in the squad. He played in 17 matches, most of them as a substitute, scoring a single goal and registering another championship late in his career.
Above all. Maccabi Haifa fans (Photo: Maor Elkeslassy)
Barak Bachar - 9
Champions League group
stages, third consecutive Champions League championship and that's when the team is on the fuel fumes in a season whose rivals have invested and put up crazy budgets to take the hegemony. Just remove the hat. After the publication of the Red Star, he knew that losing the championship would be solely on him, but he completed the task and entered the history books.
Crowd - 10
Usually there is no score for the crowd, but what has been happening with Maccabi Haifa fans in recent years in general and this year in particular is incomprehensible. In the Champions League season, the players early on fell off their feet, were in quite a few games lacking energy and gave their opponents an opening to take the championship, but they sucked the adrenaline from the home and away crowd. If it's the 30,50 in every game at Sammy Ofer when there is demand for 18, close to 12,<> tickets sold for an away game in Teddy against Hapoel Jerusalem, <>,<> spectators against Hapoel Tel Aviv in Bloomfield with demand for double the quantity. A crowd that carried a team in a finish on the fumes en route to a historic season.
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