Summary: Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Tel Aviv 0:0/Sport1
Hard feelings in Maccabi Haifa after the 0:0 last night (Sunday) with Hapoel Tel Aviv, at the end of which the gap between the greens and Maccabi Tel Aviv increased to seven points.
In Haifa they were mainly disappointed by the weak capacity.
"You can see that the players are already on steam, the break came just in time," admitted an official at the club.
"Yesterday it was the most noticeable, but it's been a long time since the fatigue is great. The players look too exhausted."
In Haifa, there were also criticisms that Franzi Piero was not replaced, even though it was obvious on the grass that he had difficulty moving from the first minutes.
Masai Dago explained that Piero did not ask for a replacement but only said that he felt a bit of a load, and asked to stay - and therefore was not replaced in the first minutes.
One way or another, Piero will be tested and the club hopes that it is not an injury that will disable him from activity.
In Haifa they hope to take advantage of the break to strengthen the players and reach the top playoffs with a completely different momentum.
"Many players are expected to return in the first games of the playoffs and this is critical for us," said the same source.
"Khajj, Jaber and also Din Din are players who will add important options and possibilities for exchanges and changes."
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The group still does not consider the gap against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
"We need to focus on ourselves and not on the gap," says a senior player in the team.
"If we look at the gap, we won't be able to come back from it. Now we need to know how to recover and get to the game against Rayna in a completely different phase, to win and advance to the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv."
In Haifa, of course, they also expect to get the point back on appeal, which will narrow the gap to 6 points - a distance of two games from Maccabi Tel Aviv instead of three.
The players of the national teams will disperse today, the rest of the players will be rested and a distribution of loads will be prepared in order to take the burden off and bring them to the last line in good shape and with as many fit players as possible.
Danil Lesvoi is also expected to be eligible already for the top playoff games.
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The team also visited the referee Oral Greenfeld, who was called by the VAR to check a hand touch by Hapoel Tel Aviv in the box, but chose to ignore the recommendation.
"It's not just about the penalty decision. Throughout the game, there were fouls right next to him and he ignores them," complained a player in the team.
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