“Maccabi Haifa became the worst team ever in the group stages of the Champions League this season, losing all six games without scoring. Four days after their last group match, they faced Hapoel Petach Tikva in the Israeli Premier League. The club’s owner, Yaakov Shachar, gathered the players for a motivational chat beforehand and urged them to win. ‘Our future as a club depends on the consequences of this game,’ he said.” (WSC)