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Ashdod - Maccabi Haifa 5:0/Sport1
With the end of Maccabi Haifa's 0:5 in Ashdod, the spotlight went to Franzi Piero's foursome and on the other hand to Ashdod's disgrace, and this detracts a bit from Maccabi Haifa's achievement.
After advancing to the round of 16 of the conference, arriving at an unattractive field like Ashdod, without too much rest, is the most comfortable ground to slow down physically and mentally - and Maccabi Haifa did not fall into this trap.
Maccabi Haifa arrived fresh, pressed from the start and was dominant and on the way to victory long before Ashdod's red card was issued in the 19th minute.
Haifa's onslaught in the opening is also a desire to end games early before fatigue gives its signals.
Last night she scored in the 7th minute, in Ghent in the 4th minute, in Derby in the 15th minute, against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 3rd minute.
In the first round until the derby, the team did not score at all in the first quarter of an hour and is now the first in the league with 7 goals goals in the first quarter of an hour and the best half team in the league.
Piero is only one goal away from his personal best in France/Liron Moldova
Before the game, Masai Dago talked about it with the players, even went a little backwards, broadcasting that it makes sense that there would be a mental decline in the head, but it is something that everyone has to deal with and not give up.
Lior Rafalov also talked to the players and told them that "at the beginning of the season games like this cost us points because we didn't do well" and the players summed it up with "it was difficult to close the gap at the top, we talked about it before we don't want to go back to the same situation and chase, we deserve to stay firsts".
So Maccabi Haifa won and kept first place and Franzi Piero scored his first four.
In the history of the Premier League he is perhaps the most underrated striker in relation to his numbers.
35 goals in a season and a half here, 14 league goals this season, one less than the personal record of 15 in Ganagan's uniform.
After a crisis, minor injuries and losing his place in the lineup, if he returns like this for the money time of the season, Dago can be calm.
Probably, his style of play will always raise question marks, but at the overall level he provides presence and numbers and in terms of Masai Dago, with the wealth of talent in midfield and on the wings, this is what he needs from him.
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At the end, Dago didn't look far at all, not even at the opponent, but at "the cup against Umm Al Fahm away is a minefield", he remembers well what he had to deal with in the previous round in Kfar Saba, he aims to give minutes to those who play less and of course to advance to the next level, So with all due respect to the next cycle in the league or to Fiorentina, he is currently focused on the cup.
Pierre Curnot knew how to get the necessary yellow to be absent from the cup match, although he did it in a blatant and inappropriate way.
The attitude is perhaps the best thing Masai Dago managed to introduce in Maccabi Haifa this year, something that reduced pressure and gave more peace.
Obviously, the club has ambitions and goals, but somehow a short goal towards the next game became everyone's motto or as the players said: "Thinking too far ahead is only stressful and we also have no influence on it, everyone looks at the next game, wants to play and prove, to keep the place They are more concerned with the competition for the spot in the lineup and to win the next game and not what will happen at the end of the season."
The players understand what he demands.
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For the Manchos fans, we should point out that the two highest victories of Maccabi Haifa in Ashdod ended at all in the championship of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
1:6 March 1995. Doubles by the Ashdods Hazan and Rabivo, goals by Roni Levy and Grave.
The halftime score was then 0:4.
May 1:5, 2003, in the remembered graduation cycle.
0:5 at halftime, doubles by Idan Tal and Zandberg and a goal by Casey, but after the break only a goal from Holtzman and at the same time Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Hapoel Petah Tikva 0:3 and won the championship with a difference of two goals.
Gadi Kinda said at the end: "I think in the derby we started very well in the first 20 minutes and for some reason we went backwards. We come very prepared for every game, we understand what Masai demands, today it opened up for us and the Red also helped to do that."
On returning to play against Ashdod: "It's a good feeling, it's always good for me to come back here, I grew up in the city, I know a lot of people and I have a lot of friends who came to see the game, but when the game starts I disconnect and concentrate on Maccabi Haifa."
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