Summary: Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0:2/Sport1
Great joy in Maccabi Haifa after the victory last night (Monday) 0:2 over Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Before the game Masai Dago told the players that the victory in Bloomfield a few weeks ago only came because the whole team played together and if it is the same this time, they will win again.
At the end Dago complimented the players and told them that it was exactly what he expected from them.
The coach also received great compliments.
"To beat Maccabi Tel Aviv twice is a statement," responded a player in the team, "the battle for the championship is open and this game didn't decide anything, but it gives us all a lot of confidence."
The one who received great compliments was Shawn Goldberg who is in excellent form.
The defender managed time and time again to deal with the attack of Maccabi Tel Aviv and also recorded several critical saves.
"Sean is the best Israeli brakeman," stated an official in Haifa, "every time he makes more and more upgrades."
The brakeman next to him, Lorenzo Shimich, also extorted praise.
The Croatian received harsh criticism, but yesterday he finally completed his personal transformation.
Shimitz scored the first goal, excelled in defense and according to many was the best player on the field.
"Even for the most senior brakemen in the world who are used to playing as a right brakeman, it will be difficult when they play as a left brakeman," said Dego, "Shimich deserves all the credit because he did a difficult mental job."
The ability of Maccabi Haifa's defense stood out even more against the background of the mistakes of Maccabi Tel Aviv's defense/Maor Alxalsi
The team celebrated the victory, but Dago made it clear that from today the players will have to focus on the game against Beitar Jerusalem on Saturday. "It's a crazy league," said one of the senior players, "one loss and they say the championship is over, a win says you're a champion.
The trick is not to get excited by the background noise and maintain stability as much as possible.
If we don't beat Beitar, then yesterday's victory will already be less significant."
The team will examine the condition of Ali Muhammad, who received a strong blow to his leg and was replaced.
The assessment is that it is not a significant injury, but the Nigerian midfielder will be tested as mentioned and is doubtful for the game on Saturday.
In Haifa, they hope that Shaw will return soon and get down to business, when Goni is also in the picture of the lineup.
In Haifa, the professional team and Gal Alberman were complimented on the purchase in January and the allocation of repairs that will be done in the transfer window that will end tonight.
"There is no doubt that the players who arrived in January greatly deepened the possibilities," said the club, "in every game we lack players and it was important to bring in the right players."
The team will gradually bring Danil Lesvoi into things in order not to create a burden on him after not playing for a long time.
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Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Maccabi Haifa
20
14
4
2
15-45
45
2
Maccabi Tel Aviv
20
14
4
2
17-40
45
3
Hapoel Haifa
20
12
4
4
22-30
40
4
Hapoel Beer Sheva
20
12
3
5
16-40
39
5
Maccabi Bnei Reina
20
7
7
6
22-24
28
6
Maccabi Netanya
20
7
3
10
29-24
24
7
Bnei Sakhnin
20
5
10
5
26-20
24
8
Hapoel Tel Aviv
20
6
5
9
33-29
23
9
Beitar Jerusalem
20
7
5
8
28-30
22
10
Maccabi Petah Tikva
20
6
4
10
38-24
22
11
Hapoel Jerusalem
20
5
4
11
27-19
19
12
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Ashdod
20
4
5
11
32-16
17
13
Hapoel Petah Tikva
20
3
7
10
29-15
16
14
Hapoel Hadera
20
4
3
13
35-13
15
As mentioned, Maccabi Haifa continues a busy month with a difficult and challenging schedule of matches: it will play on Saturday against Beitar Jerusalem in Teddy, five days later against Gent (February 15), three days after that in a derby against Hapoel Haifa, on February 21 away against Gent, And then away in Ashdod (February 24) before the away cup match against Umm Al Fahem.
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