Raz Amir 25/01/2021 18:42
Yonatan Cohen on the grass (Radad Jabara)
Maccabi Tel Aviv received encouraging news from the direction of Dan Glazer and Eitan Tibi in a training session held tonight (Monday) ahead of Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday. The brake and back contact have managed to complete a full training session and they will be at the disposal of coach Patrick van Leven, assuming they will feel good in the concluding training session and on the day of the game. As for Glazer, this is of course very significant news due to the absence of Dor Peretz, who was removed from the game, and he will be able to enter the link in his place and move Eden Kartzev to a more forward position.
As for Jonathan Cohen, after tests he performed on the quadriceps muscle ruled out a tear, he is still in pain as a result of the blow he received to his leg and did not train. Assuming there is one training left, it seems that Cohen is expected to be absent against Maccabi Haifa and will be saved for the Yellows’ next games. As long as he is in pain, he will not be endangered. Only a surprising development in training that concludes tomorrow morning can lead to a change in his condition, but estimates continue to talk about him missing the game.
The next player to be in the status of a big doubt is Alexander Peshich. The Serbian striker managed to complete only a partial training session. In this state of affairs, Peshich also depends on the concluding training of the Yellows to understand whether it is possible to build on him and for a few minutes of play. At the moment anyway, the assessment also about him is that he will not be able to be available to Van Leven due to the fact that he was able to do only part of the training and not train fully.
As far as Van Leven is concerned, assuming Glazer does replace Dor Peretz in the squad, he still needs to find a solution for the right wing, from which Jonathan Cohen will be absent. Ayalon Almog, Matan Hozaz and Eduardo have struggled for this slot and the decision between them will also be made tomorrow in accordance with the Dutchman’s tactical ideas for the game.
