Maccabi Haifa Intensifies Preparations for League Restart
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- Maccabi Haifa resumes league play on October 12th against Hapoel Jerusalem.
- Eight players are currently away on international duty.
- Coach Barak Bakhar expects two more full-squad training sessions.
- Players are returning from national teams in the coming days.
Maccabi Haifa is ramping up its preparations for the resumption of the Israeli Premier League season, with their next match scheduled against Hapoel Jerusalem on Monday, October 12th. Coach Barak Bakhar anticipates having two additional full-squad training sessions before the game, totaling four sessions with the complete team. The team has been without eight players who are currently on international duty with various national teams since their last league win against Ironi Tiberias. These players include Eitan Azulai, Omri Glazer, and Yarin Levy with the senior national team; Noam Steifman, Iyad Hallaili, and Navot Ratner with the youth national team; Kenji Gorah with Curaçao; and Ali Mohamed with Niger. Additionally, four players are with the U-19 squad: Mark Gulenkov, Arad Geist, Daniel Hadar, and Liam Luski. Some of these players have previously trained with or played for the senior team. Bakhar is awaiting the return of these internationals, who are expected to arrive back in the coming days, to fully escalate training intensity.
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