Maccabi Tel Aviv coach ahead of the rematch in Kiev against Shakhtar and Solomon: "We all want to achieve the best result knowing that ranking points are also of great importance to us" • On the staff: "Yonatan Cohen is the only player who can not play"
Patrick Van Leven in Kiev.
A battle lost in advance?
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Courtesy of Maccabi Tel Aviv
With a 2-0 deficit from the first game in Bloomfield, Maccabi Tel Aviv will try to create a big surprise tomorrow (Thursday, 19:55) against Shakhtar Donetsk and Manor Solomon in an attempt to reverse the result in Kiev in the last 32 of the Europa League.
"We want to continue the ability from the second half in Israel also in the game here in Kiev," coach Patrick Van Levon explained at the press conference, "We know what to expect from our opponent and at the same time want to win, our goal is to give everything in hopes of achieving the best result. It is very important for us. "
"We will reach the goal of giving everything. Shakhtar is a good and organized group, but it is not given respect. We will have to be at our peak to get to situations and hopefully we will also take advantage of them."
On the Yellows' roster: "We have the same roster as last week. Yonatan Cohen is the only player who can not play .. Dan was qualified to play against Beer Sheva, if not, then I would not let him play."
Defender Andre Geralds spoke about returning to the team after half a season in Cyprus: "Of course I knew most of the players from last season and I was very happy to return to Tel Aviv, I'm good at Maccabi. Shakhtar is a great team and it will be difficult for us. Everyone".