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Donis addresses the message: "Being a tough general like Ivica is the only way"

After the loss, Maccabi Tel Aviv urges the new coach to be more assertive with the players, criticizing Yonatan Cohen's behavior and waiting to be strengthened: "The staff is weakening, we need to wake up." Angry Blackman, Disappointed Ben Haim, Pessimism in Zahavi's Environment: Likely to Move to Turkey or the Netherlands

• Maccabi Tel Aviv in football
• Georgius Donis

Yaniv Tuchman

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Maccabi Tel Aviv woke up this morning (Monday) to a new reality, the kind it has not experienced in two years of Vladan Ivic as the team's coach. The Serb also had losses, but not in the regular season. The losses in the league were in the playoffs at Garbage Time, when Maccabi Tel Aviv had already won the championship. The 2: 1 loss last night of the champion in the opening round to Maccabi Petah Tikva, shocked many and now all the pressure on Georgios Donis. The Maccabi Tel Aviv coach arrived in Israel with a different approach from Ivica. He has managed to get through stages in Europe so far, but it seems he will now have to be tougher and firmer, because that is probably the right way.

"People have talked about Ivica being a tough general with the players, but that's probably the only way and the right approach," people close to the club said last night. Last night at the end of the game, the Greek hinted that he was clearing what he needed to do from now on. His words were very clear. "You have to know when to be good with the players and when to be tough with them, but there is no one who is above the team. They have to think every day about the success of the team and not about the individual."

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Loosening discipline? Donis already understands the hint (Photo: Danny Maron)

Donis' words were also said in light of Yonatan Cohen's behavior during the penalty kick that Maccabi Tel Aviv received. It is unclear why it was not clear before the game who will take the penalty and whether Donis made it clear in advance that Nick Blackman would kick, and it is not clear why Cohen tried to take the kick. "Nick kicked excellently against Riga," the club said. "He scored two penalties when Jonathan Cohen was in the stands. Why not give him the peace to kick this penalty? Why should he interfere with someone who has scored flawlessly in recent games and is in excellent playing shape?" Blackman was very angry at the end and ran down to the locker room not shaking hands with anyone. Players testified that he took his miss hard, but added that it bothered him more that they did not give him quiet in the penalty kick.

Donis, who received warm words about the management of the games in Europe, failed his first league test yesterday. The Greek's exchanges were also bad and they weakened the team. The one who again did not get a minute off the bench like in Lithuania is Tal Ben Haim who went down to the locker room very disappointed. Ben Haim did not get a minute against Sudova and also last night and he expects more credit.

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Went down to the dressing room angrily. Blackman (Photo: Danny Maron)

The loss last night intensified the need for strengthening. Maccabi Tel Aviv did not bring a brake in place of Jair Amador and did not add a striker in place of Chico Opuado. The team talked last night about the fact that the staff must be strengthened with two players in these positions. "Our squad was weakened because players left and were not added. Let's say that instead of Dor Micha and Omar Atzili there are Dan Bitton and Tal Ben Haim, but who replaces Jair and Chico? We have to wake up and build a stronger squad, because this is going to be a very difficult season. ".

As for Eran Zehavi, officials around him last night claimed that he was most likely to be in Turkey or the Netherlands, but added that if Mitch Goldhaar decides to go for him and offer him a high contract, Zehavi will not outright reject it.

• Football League 2020/21

  	Group	Mash	Netz	A.	Hp	Gates	Nk
  1	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	1	1	0	0	0-3	3
  2	Urban Kiryat Shmona	1	1	0	0	0-2	3
  3	Hapoel Beer Sheva	1	1	0	0	2-3	3
  4	Hapoel Kfar Saba	1	1	0	0	1-2	3
  5	Maccabi Haifa	1	1	0	0	1-2	3
  6	Maccabi Petah Tikva	1	1	0	0	1-2	3
  7	Beitar Jerusalem	1	1	0	0	0-1	3
  8	Maccabi Netanya	1	0	0	1	3-2	0
  9	Hapoel Hadera	1	0	0	1	2-1	0
  10	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1	0	0	1	2-1	0
  11	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	0	0	1	2-1	0
  12	Hapoel Haifa	1	0	0	1	1-0	0
  13	tax. Ashdod	1	0	0	1	2-0	0
  14	Bnei Sakhnin	1	0	0	1	3-0	0

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