After another display of winemaking against Maccabi Haifa at 3: 4 yesterday, Maccabi Tel Aviv is already preparing for the possibility that Jonathan Cohen will leave at the end of the season • Senior club sent a bite to the Greens: "We cut them again" • Maccabi will try to reduce the price of Geraldes acquisition

• Cohen celebrates, yesterday at Sammy Ofer

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1. Maccabi Tel Aviv's triumphant architect 3: 4 for Maccabi Haifa in Sami Ofer is undoubtedly Jonathan Cohen. Just six years after Barak Yitzhaki's rare haircut against the Greens in old Bloomfield, a club official did not forget to send a bite to the Greens You are Maccabi Haifa. "

The Maccabi Tel Aviv players have had a day's rest, and already this afternoon they will begin preparations for the upcoming game against Betar Jerusalem, which they called "no less critical" in Kiryat Shalom than the game against Maccabi Haifa. This is because the loss of points in the encounter with the Black and Yellows, which will take place at Sami Ofer due to the group's radius penalty, could again reduce the difference in the top to three or four points, assuming Maccabi Haifa will win Maccabi Netanya.

Cohen celebrates Sami Ofer's day // Photo: Ami Shuman

2. What has not been said and written about Jonathan Cohen in the last 24 hours? Every compliment the midfielder / pioneer received, deservedly deserved. That sounds a little funny, but even Maccabi admits that Cohen's game against Maccabi Haifa was not one of his good games this season: "Jonathan made a lot of mistakes, was in places that shouldn't be, lost balls, but in the end he gives two such exiles - how can you ask for more ? "

Cohen is the star of Maccabi's opening season. He is the scorer of the league in eight conquests, the league's cooking king and the six-cooker group, which is equivalent to about 44 percent of all the goals the Yellows have occupied in the league. In the summer, he extended a team contract after being courted by teams in the Russian and Belgian leagues, and at the Yellow Club are preparing for the possibility that this is his final season.

ignorant. On the way to a new contract // Photo: Alan Shiber

Cohen's contract did not include a release clause in Europe, but close to the group's leaders said in a conversation with "Israel Today" that the price tag that Maccabi will set for groups from Europe that will try to buy Cohen this summer will be € 4 million. In the current transfer window, the Yellows will not sell it now, but only at the end of the season.

Cohen's surroundings, which should soon receive a European passport, know that, just like last summer, there will be quite a few teams trying to acquire it, and are gearing up to move to a senior league. In this regard, backstage work is already being done with teams in the Italian, Spanish and Russian leagues, and European scouts may be following him in the national team game in March.

Yini with Tibi. "Tibi was in a similar situation" // Photo: Alan Shiber

3. Who did not participate in the celebration of the yellows on the lawn at Sammy Ofer is Sharan Yini. The captain, who returned a month ago after an injury and even opened in a loss at the Umm al-Fahm Cup, is currently not getting a place on the roster of Vladimir Ivich. Nevertheless, Maccabi is convinced that the "cat" Yani will sneak to 18 very quickly, and that eventually the management will decide to extend his contract at the end of the season. "Yinney is worth at least a place on the roster, but those are the coach's decisions," Maccabi says. "Last year Tibi was in a similar situation and thought he finished the story and will see Tibi now. This is exactly the same story. Yini will still find the way to go back."

4. Jack Angelidis, who is staying in Israel, is scheduled to discuss the professional team in the coming days regarding players who should leave, contract extension (Golse, Riken, Glazer and Schechter) and possible reinforcement. The group estimates that an attempt will be made against Sporting Lisbon to reduce Andre Geraldes' purchase price of € 700,000. As is well known, the right defender has borrowed for € 150,000, and the Yellows want to see him continue next season as well.