When it is in first place in House 1 of the Conference League, Maccabi Tel Aviv left for Finland today (Tuesday) ahead of the away game that awaits them this coming Thursday (17:30) against H.I.K.
Helsinki in the third round of the houses stage.
Even before takeoff, the team held a morning training session at the training complex in Kiryat Shalom, after which the players and club members left for Ben Gurion Airport.
Tomorrow the preparations for the game against the Finns will go into gear with a concluding training session that Maccabi will hold at the BOLT ARENA stadium where the match will take place.
Before taking off, Dan Glazer referred to a task that awaits the Yellows: "This is a very important game. We want to get as far as possible in Europe, we opened the home stage well and with the help of the name we will go out and make a good result, return to Israel and then focus on the league."
On the recovery from the loss to Maccabi Netanya on Saturday, he said: "It was a difficult day, we were very upset, frustrated. The situation is not easy for us and we work hard to change it. We believe in ourselves and it is good to have a game pretty close to the game on Saturday. The sucker, in the hope that we will return to rejoice. "
On the synthetic turf surface and the relatively wintry weather the team will encounter in Finland, he added: "We are aware of this, these are conditions we are not used to but we will do our best. We worked hard on all their tactical aspects, we come prepared and with the name we will do the job."