Recap: Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Jerusalem 0:5 (Sport1)
Maccabi Haifa's championship celebrations culminated yesterday (Saturday) with the farewell to Barak Bachar in the closing game of the season against Hapoel Jerusalem. Behar took the stage of encouragement in the North Stand at the end of the crushing victory, which sent the green crowd into ecstasy. The coach himself also said goodbye to the crowd and players and today at the club's official championship celebrations, he will say goodbye to the team and the fans for good.
"I'm finishing three years, I thanked the players, the audience and the staff but I also want to thank the media for a common path," Behar said. "Everyone sitting here respected me and I tried to respect him too. There were criticisms, that's part of it and I accept it with love."
Yesterday after Behar's press conference, the entire management avenue of the champions came together to announce the appointment of Masai and explain the decision that caused many to raise eyebrows. Due to the risk involved in the decision, Haifa will provide Dego with an upgraded squad. The Greens have agreed to acquire Eric Shuranov and are very close to closing the Lauren Abergel deal as well. Haifa is also continuing talks with Pamlicao about acquiring Dylan Batubinsika for less than 1.3 million euros – the price specified in the purchase option set last summer.
Separate in style. Bachar (Photo: Danny Maron)
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Will there be continuity in the roster? Haifa celebrates (Photo: Danny Maron)
Haifa wants very much to finish the construction of the hive around Masai as soon as possible. Shahar Weisinger will serve as Dego's assistant coach and the goal is to add another professional to the team. Dekel Keinan tends not to join, but attempts to persuade him continue, as do talks with Shmuel Shaiman, who is a candidate to serve as a mental coach and assistant coach. If one of the two does not come, Haifa will try to add a senior and experienced assistant who works in Israel. In addition, Itai Zilfa will serve as goalkeeping coach.
Haifa will try to maintain continuity in the squad as much as possible. Dean David signed a two-year contract extension over the weekend, with the main goal being to keep Dia Seba at the club. Seba has a release clause to Turkey or the UAE and is in high demand in both countries, but Haifa will try to persuade him to stay with the team anyway.
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