Raz Amir 22/02/2021 09:43
Patrick Van Leven (Radad Jabara)
Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Patrick Van Leven left the game at Turner last night (Sunday) with an important 0: 1 on the way to the eighth finals of the State Cup and has already started thinking about the game against Shakhtar Donetsk in Kiev this coming Thursday. Although the Ukrainians won 0: 2 in Bloomfield and put themselves a foot and a half in the next stage, but the Dutchman intends to play in Ukraine with a clear goal – points. UEFA rating points of course.
Already today, Maccabi Tel Aviv has 20.5 ranking points for the next season, which should arrange it at least on paper ranking points in all qualifying stages in non-Champions League establishments, and even there, the qualifying ranking will keep the Yellows ranked for sure in the first two rounds. The road to another European home stage is paved for Maccabi Tel Aviv already now, which is why Van Leven did not hesitate to say last Thursday that the Yellows will continue to compete in these settings in the coming seasons as well.
The ranking points that Maccabi Tel Aviv has earned so far this season (8) place it in 38th place in Europe among the clubs that participate in UEFA plants. This is where the game against Shakhtar comes into the picture. Perhaps the fact that the Ukrainians will also feel that they are in the next stage will help the Israeli champion further improve its ranking for next season, since the result of a draw is worth a full ranking point, and in the UEFA ranking, each point determines when looking at Israeli teams in recent years.
If Maccabi Tel Aviv wins the championship this season, it will of course go to the Champions League qualifiers. Another place in the table or winning a trophy that will send her to Europe will give her the ticket to the Conference League. The name of the situation by the way is very promising for the Yellows. The Football Association recently received messages from the UEFA that the method of monetary compensation will not be substantially different from the Europa League, and entering the home stage of the Conference League will bring respectable sums to Mitch Goldhaar’s club. It can already be said that in the case of participating in a conference league, the Yellows will be ranked throughout all rounds and they may even find themselves in a certain situation in the 1st tier of the home stage if they go up to it.
“The game against Shakhtar is really not lost. We lost, yes, but there are other goals to meet. The UEFA rating is very important. Before the game it was said that Patrick bet on the trophy, it was due to complete ignorance. Everything is superficial, no one checks things before he speaks and criticizes, “Maccabi Tel Aviv and the coach attacked.
