Eran Zehavi was huge, Lior Rapalov starred and Monas Dabour scored - but their teams finished last night in the European factory
Golden.
PSV's hope was shattered despite the great ability of the Israeli
Photo:
Reuters
Not only did Maccabi Tel Aviv finish its way into the Europa League last night. After the end of the big 32 stage games in the secondary European factory, all the Israeli representatives said goodbye and will now concentrate on the local tasks of their teams.
The last three Israelis in the factory were great, but were not enough to attract their team to a performance in the quarterfinals.
The most prominent of all was Eran Zehavi, who continues to silence anyone who thought PSV Eindhoven was big on him.
True, she was brutally knocked out by Olympiacos (5: 4 in the sum of the two games), but the Israeli scorer was huge.
The Dutch believed they could beat the Greeks, and the one who gave them a reason for that was Zahavi, who scored all four of their goals in the double encounter in the big 32.
He was already a double in Athens and added a double yesterday, including a wonderful goal with a free kick from about 18 meters.
Already yesterday, the Netherlands realized the magnitude of Zehavi's personal achievement, who was the first in 25 years to score for PSV at least four goals in a double encounter in Europe.
Who was the last to do it for her?
None other than the Brazilian Ronaldo - who scored a five against a Finnish opponent.
But that does not comfort Zehavi, nor do the accompanying articles in the Dutch media.
"Eran Zehavi gave a lot of hope to PSV," it was written about him, "he was going to advance the team towards the fulfillment of the European dream, but everything exploded for him. To score four goals and be dismissed - a terrible feeling for the Israeli."
Raphaelov.
Scored an equalizer, cooked, but it was not enough for Antwerp // Photo: Reuters
Monas Dabour and Hoffenheim also expected disappointment after the 3-3 away win against Molde, in which the Israeli striker scored a double.
Yesterday, despite arriving without a few chances, Dabour encountered a Norwegian goalkeeper from his shoulder upwards, Andreas Linda, who locked the goal.
On the other side of the field, Eric Oland Andersen stung twice, celebrated a double and sent the favorite Germans to cry the dismissal, specifically on their home field.
Last but not least was Lior Rapalov.
He was great in the first, home game, against the Rangers, in which the Scots won 3: 4.
Yesterday, he starred again.
Scored a great goal, which brought Antwerp back into the picture, but at some point the Belgians collapsed.
Raphaelov added cooking and proved why in Belgium he is highly valued, but the offensive Rangers exploded with a 2: 5 victory and thus the Europa League was left without an Israeli representation for the rest of the 2020/2021 season.
