After the humiliation in the eighth round last season, Maccabi Tel Aviv hopes to cross the mine tonight (20:30) in the form of the team from the capital of the Negev, which comes to the game with a missing staff
Tibi vs. Keltins in the previous game
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Alan Shiver
Despite Maccabi Tel Aviv's dominance in the league in recent seasons, the story of the Yellows in the cup is completely different. Last season they were humiliated when they were eliminated in the eighth round by Hapoel Umm al-Fahm, and two years earlier they were defeated in the quarterfinals by Maccabi Haifa. To return to the final for the first time since the 2016/17 season, when she lost to Bnei Yehuda, but first of all she will have to beat Hapoel B'Shlosha tonight (Sunday, 20:30).
It seems that Eyal Golsa, who recovered from an injury and got minutes on Thursday against Shakhtar Donetsk, will return to the squad in place of Avi Rikan, and Matan Hozaz may replace Dan Bitton in the attack.
"No matter when, we always have a hard time against BS," said Maccabi, where they believe that tonight's game is much more important than the rematch against Shakhtar on Thursday, given the slim chance of qualifying for the eighth finals of the Europa League.
At the rival from the Negev capital, the new coach Roni Levy watched last night's concluding training of the team and will not stand on the lines tonight.
Those who will continue to coach BS are Aliniv Barda and Maor Melikson, who will be missing the injured Jonathan Agudello, Elton Acultasa and Cynthia Sallich, and of course the suspended Joshua.
The new acquisition, Hatem Abdelhamid, is not eligible for 90 minutes and will therefore not start in the squad, but will be included in the squad.
Sagiv Yehezkel and Anthony Varen are scheduled to start the attack.