Raz Amir 23/02/2021 13:11
Yonatan Cohen, Itai Schechter and Tal Ben Haim (Noam Moreno)
Maccabi Tel Aviv will take off today (Tuesday) for Kiev ahead of its game against Shakhtar Donetsk this coming Thursday at 19:55 in the rematch of the last 32 stage of the Europa League. The Yellows will come after the 2: 0 loss in Israel and with a slim chance of causing a surprise, but will try to come back with a good result that will help them in terms of UEFA ranking – that is, a draw at least.
To the Yellows’ squad for the game was added Jonathan Cohen, who is recovering from the opening of the healing scar in the quadriceps muscle. Cohen did a light training session today while the rest of the players did a full training session, so it is very doubtful if Van Leven will take a risk and return him to activity as early as Thursday, but the fact that he went out with the rest of the squad may indicate good things for his recovery. Very much expected now.
As you may recall, the Yellows went to Kiev without one of the members of the professional team of Van Levon, who was found to be positive for the corona virus while the rest of the team came out negative for the virus. Regarding the professional aspect of the game, the Dutch coach will make changes in relation to the team that started against Hapoel Beer Sheva in the cup in a 0: 1 victory, with Andre Geralds, Eitan Tibi, Luis Hernandez, Dan Glazer, Alexander Peshich and Tal Ben Haim expected to return.
