Patrick Van Leven is perfect on the lines of Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Dutchman, who opened the season with the champion, recorded tonight (Thursday) a fifth consecutive victory as coach. 24 hours after the dramatic dismissal of Yorgos Donis, the Yellows achieved an even more dramatic victory with 0: 1 in the 98th minute from a penalty by Dan Bitton. In this way, the gap from the leading Maccabi Haifa was reduced to 8 points.
“We had a change on the lines that didn’t help this game, but the players responded well,” the interim coach concluded Patrick Van Leven. “One of the messages I had to give them was to fight until the last minute and play as a team. Football was not exactly what we wanted all the time, we talked about how we would get a good result and we got into enough situations to score.”
“It’s not an easy task in such a short time to change something. I tried to remind the players what we did and how we started the season, and it’s something we looked at and tried to do again,” Van Leven admitted when asked why Yorgos Donis Potter evaded: “One has to ask management. I have to explain the situation. “
And what next? “I have been working for Maccabi Tel Aviv for many years and I try to help and do what is necessary. Will I remain a coach? I can not answer that now, “Van Leven said.
