Maccabi Tel Aviv’s dominance in the derby – 0: 4 last night (Monday), and the Yellows’ recovery in the last few games has instilled hunger in Mitch Goldhaar, who may turn to Eran Zehavi in the January transfer window. The owner’s desire to fight for the championship again this year may be the deciding factor, however the club has not yet officially approached the striker.
Zahavi, who is having a hard time adapting to PSV. He did not rule out the possibility of returning to Israel in an interview he conducted last week, but in any case his situation in the Netherlands is still unclear, and under what conditions he will agree to return. “This may be a team reminiscent of the first championships in the Jordi era,” club officials fantasized.
One of the people who won the club’s biggest compliments was Patrick Van Lewan, under whose guidance the team put together two consecutive victories. In terms of many factors the Dutchman got the reins even before the derby when there is a consensus that he is the person who will take the club on the new path and continue until the end of the season.
“He made a big change in a short time,” the club complimented the coach, “it may not be a week since he took over the team but it looks more organized and stands better on the pitch.” It should also be noted that the Dutchman changed the lineup and moved on to play 4-3-3, the same method he led in all of the Yellows’ youth departments.
In internal conversations in the team, they maintained optimism despite the points gap from Maccabi Haifa at the top: “There is still a lot of work to be done here, we are reconnecting. This team can play much better and we did not give up any titles this season.”
In addition, Maccabi were satisfied that Van Leven returned players who were not part of the rotation at all. First and foremost, this is Tal Ben Haim, who without a doubt played his best game for Maccabi Tel Aviv yesterday since returning to Israel. Many players in the team praised him after the big show against Hapoel Tel Aviv: “Tal is the best winger in the country. He will contribute a lot to us, this is just the beginning. “
Also, the coach started to bring back to life Ayalon who scored the third goal of the game, and even the young Eden Kartzev who was not a partner for a long time got minutes in the derby. However, both Jonathan Cohen and Alexander Peshich received compliments after being dangerous in the offensive part and scoring in the game.
Meanwhile, for the first time in a long time, Maccabi will get a week’s rest between its games. This week the coach will try to increase the coordination between the players, and will also work with them on his tactics which is mainly expressed through playing wings and crossing the field.
