In recent years, whenever Sharan Yeni is asked in which position he prefers to play, the Maccabi Tel Aviv captain will always answer his political answer, that he will play wherever the coach tells him, but in some cases the phrase “Barak Yitzhaki likes me to play about 8” . So Yeni is not yet functioning there, but there is no doubt that the last few weeks have moved him to this area and in the last few games, as the back midfielder replacing Dan Glazer, the 34-year-old player has been reborn. Last night (Tuesday) at 2: 3 against Hapoel Haifa, this was another impressive display of his in the yellow link alongside Dor Peretz and Eyal Golsa, such that the result and the drama at the end may stand out less.
The events at the end and the way the Yellows played after the Turgeman questionnaire shrank a bit with lies about how this game should have ended in practice, according to Maccabi Tel Aviv, who are sure that a 2: 6 result was much more reflective of what happened on the grass, only in the first half We were equal for three more goals, 0: 5 or 1: 5 only at the break was very reflective “, and Laney was a big part of that. He did not stop snatching, pressed impressively, distributed excellent dedication forward and managed things from behind in a way that also gave Peretz and Gulsa much more offensive freedom of action. The captain, who will celebrate his 35th birthday in December, does not have a contract for next season, but under Patrick van Leven he reinvented himself, was reborn in midfield, to also professionally justify the offer he should receive from the Yellows.
In all this 2: 3 against Hapoel Haifa, which is worth a place in the quarterfinals of the State Cup and the continuation of the run on all fronts for Maccabi Tel Aviv, is also the 17th victory in Van Leven’s 18 games this season as coach. Two victories over Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Champions League at the beginning of the season, two victories in the eighth round and in the eighth finals of the State Cup over Hapoel Beer Sheva and Hapoel Haifa, and another 13 victories in the Premier League from 14 games. The only draw, the same 0: 0 against Bnei Yehuda, which if it had not happened, would have placed the team in plus 3 over Maccabi Haifa at the top of the Premier League. Now, Van Leven will try to achieve his 18th victory in 19 games against teams in Israel when the Yellows host Hapoel Tel Aviv on Saturday for the first derby in front of an audience, a little over a year after the last derby in front of fans in Bloomfield.
Alongside Yeni, the one who excelled last night is Daniel Tennenbaum who recorded wonderful saves and he continues to signal to the team. The completely Brazilian-Jewish-Israeli goalkeeper of Maccabi Tel Aviv will be able to officially receive the summons to the squad of Willy Rotensteiner in August, when he completes five full years in Israel. He is already after the military service he completed and with the ability that undoubtedly crowns him as the Israeli goalkeeper in the best shape today. If the Austrian coach could have summoned him now to the squad to convene this coming Sunday, it would have happened. Maccabi Tel Aviv were also very pleased with Matal Ben Haim who recorded an excellent performance, lamb, cooked, and even arranged a number of other valley situations with excellent elevations from the wings and he undoubtedly signaled to Van Leven ahead of the important derby on Saturday. Another player who left a good impression this time as a left-back is Matan Baltexa who will undoubtedly be in the squad for the derby if Enrique Sborrit is not fully fit (last night he sat on the bench but did not come in to play).
In addition, Ayalon Almog recorded one of his best games in recent times and even managed to find the net in the 12th minute. After this goal was recorded as Nisso Capiloto’s self, during the night at the Football Association the game form was updated when the goal was recorded on Coral at the end and frankly, there is justice in that, since if Capiloto had not touched the ball he would have continued inside anyway. It was also learned regarding the wrong goal of Eden Ben Best in the last minute of the match, that the reason why Kwon Yossi Babioff waved the flag a few seconds after the Hapoel Haifa striker ran to celebrate, was according to those present on the grass following a conversation between the refereeing team. Ben Best came through the head of a Maccabi Tel Aviv or Hapoel Haifa player, and when it was said that it came through a Hapoel Haifa player, he waved. Hence the same delay that caused Haim Sylves to say at the end that “someone told him in her ears to pick up.”
Along with all this, there were two negative points for Maccabi Tel Aviv last night. The first is the fact that the team absorbed two goals from funds, and Ben Best’s invalid goal also came from a stationary situation, which worried the professional team a lot, which will have to be emphasized in the upcoming training sessions. The second point is what happened on the turf after Van Leven’s substitutions. “There may have been a feeling after the third goal that the game was over and it did not have a good effect, such a thing must not happen again, even if the 1: 3 substitutes have to come in to press us to do the fourth and fifth,” said the club, where they did not like to see selfish actions. After the third goal with an emphasis on two events in which the striker preferred to try alone instead of giving a delivery to a free agent – once Nick Blackman was the one who did not deliver and the second time it was Itai Schechter who did not deliver.
