Maccabi Haifa towards the last alignment of the league. Eighty-five days have passed since Maccabi Haifa's last game in the Stock Exchange League. It was on 1/3/20, as part of the last round of the regular season and right before the top playoffs.
Maccabi Haifa then defeated Hapoel Beer Sheva 4-XNUMX, in a one-sided game, with the pace and football of a champion team.
The epidemic changes the course of affairs
After this game, Maccabi Haifa thought that the gap from Maccabi Tel Aviv was suddenly not that big, and if the team continues with the same ability, anything is still possible. Since then the Corona crisis broke out and fate took a different course. The epidemic that hit Israel and the whole world froze the league and that game against Beer Sheva Looks far away. With the stoppage of the league, Maccabi Haifa's streak of success, heading for the top playoffs, was interrupted.
For over a month and a half, the team did not play football, did not practice and almost no trace of a professional sports team remained. Instead of training at the highest level, the players trained alone and of course through the famous zoom that took over our lives.
This caused the accumulation of rust, loss of playing ability and physical fitness. About two weeks ago, the team returned to practice fully and seriously, along with the other Premier League teams, and officially began preparations for the ten top playoff games, which will decide the fate of this season.
Choose weak groups
While the Premier League teams held practice matches against Premier League teams and teams from the second league, Maccabi Haifa actually chose to play against only two teams and both from the minor league:
The first game was against Nof HaGalil and ended with a score of 3:2 in favor of Maccabi Haifa.
The second match was against Hapoel Umm Al Fahem, also from the second league. The result of this match is one draw.
Fear among Maccabi Haifa fans
Among the team's fans, there is a great fear that the team will not arrive ready for the playoffs, and the chances of the championship will end sooner than expected, while the biggest rival and the one that is placed in first place, is 6 points behind Maccabi Haifa. Maccabi Tel Aviv played against Hapoel Ra'anana and Ashdod Sport Club (from the Premier League), and Beitar Ramla (from the second league). While Maccabi Tel Aviv won all three games, Maccabi Haifa stuttered against two much inferior teams and played weak football.
The club's response
In the Maccabi Haifa club, they are actually satisfied, and quite confident in themselves for the playoffs. In an official announcement to Lahi Pa, the management of Maccabi Haifa said:
"All the decisions and the selection of the training games are for professional considerations only. Maccabi Haifa arrives in the playoffs with full confidence."
In response to Hai Pa's question regarding the feelings of insecurity and fear of the team's fans, it was stated:
"We'll see that in the playoffs"
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