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Maccabi Tel Aviv is ready for the Champions League draw: "Nobody has expectations right now"
After the list of rivals has been reduced, the ranks of the champions actually like to arrive with low expectations for the draw (13:00), and hope that Donis will give the boost. Gulsa is expected to join training this week
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Yaniv Tuchman
Sunday, 09 August 2020, 07:40Great vigilance at Maccabi Tel Aviv ahead of the draw for the first qualifying round of the Champions League, which will take place today (Sunday) at 13:00. Last night, the lottery options were reduced and Maccabi Tel Aviv actually feels satisfaction that the club does not have a sense of favorites this summer. "We saw how it ended last summer when we felt we needed to get past Cluj and of course Sudova," the club said. "It is better to come without expectations and no one at the moment has any expectations given that we do not even have a permanent coach 10 days before the first game."
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Champions League qualifiers: Maccabi Tel Aviv's rivals have been reduced
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This year it will end differently? Cohen (Photo: Danny Maron) are waiting. Maccabi Tel Aviv players (Photo: Danny Maron)At the same time as waiting for the draw today, Maccabi Tel Aviv is expected to announce the agreement with Yorgos Donis within 24 hours. The last details in the contracts of the Greek and his team members were closed yesterday and Maccabi Tel Aviv believe that Donis will already transfer his first training sessions this week. "They want to prove themselves to a new coach," said those around the club.
The person who is supposed to join training this week after signing is Eyal Golsa. His agent Ronen Katsav is still negotiating for him and Maccabi Tel Aviv believe that there are not too many disputes left, so Golsa will sign a new contract this week.
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Will the coach change the atmosphere? Guerrero and Blackman (Photo: Danny Maron)As you may recall, after the cut, the four options facing the Israeli champion in the draw are Riga FC (Latvian champion, ranked first in the country after 13 rounds), Tirana (Albanian champion), Silks (runner-up Northern Macedonia champion) and Dynamo Brest (Belarus champion, ranked only seventh this season After 19 cycles). The good news for the Yellows: they managed to avoid a meeting with Swedish champions Jorgorden, who was considered the strongest rival among the non-ranked in the first round.
