The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Andrija Radulović
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Yoav Gerafi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hapoel Haifa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Shai Elias
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Shai Elias, and the manager let it.
Match7 Nov 2026
Maccabi Petach Tikva take the points off Hapoel Haifa
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Liran Rotman makes it 200
200 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Hapoel Haifa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Régis N'do was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Eitan Natcho answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Hapoel Haifa are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Market9 Nov 2026
No place for Roei Zikri in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Roei Zikri has his answer from Hapoel Haifa; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market The Shai Elias talk will not go away
- The dugout No place in the plan for Bruno Ramires
- The dugout A door opens for Régis N'do