Maccabi Tel Aviv Today (Saturday) will be the first training since The loss in Kiev to Shakhtar In the relegation round of the last 32 of the Europa League, with the next opponent being MS. Ashdod (Monday, 20:15, live on Sports1), Which she obtained at her expense Surprising 3: 2 at the Eleventh Stadium In the previous round.
The Yellows were praised for their ability against the Ukrainian champions, but the team is mostly frustrated that they did not find the net in the pair of encounters. Before the second game the veteran and leading players believed they could overcome the 2-0 loss at Bloomfield and advance to the last 16 of the Europa League.
After the game it was said: “We were close to scoring a first and second goal, players had to finish the opportunities they were given. To get into so many situations and not score, it was clear he was punished. We were close to scoring three goals, there was bad luck and lack of concentration.”
A source close to the players added: “Compliments after losses have already disappeared from football, and club leaders and players know this. A team that has gained experience in the Europa League qualifiers and is in the middle of the season, should score more goals. “We expect the return of Yonatan Cohen from the ongoing injury because he is one of the few pioneers who knows how to break through closed arrays and score regularly.”
Professionally, coach Patrick Van Leven intends to make a number of changes from the line-up he has faced against Shakhtar, with Itai Schechter, Matan Balteksa, Sharan Yeni and Dan Bitton likely to open against the team from the port city. As for Yonatan Cohen, the king of the group’s gates continues with the treatments and even went with the group to Ukraine. It seems that within a few days he will return to team training. Beyond that the team announced that all the corona tests of the players and the professional team came back with a negative result.
