And no word on Zehavi: Ivica closes first week in Kiryat Shalom

The chemistry with Kanikowski, the wait for Swan Aubrey to get used to the heavy heat and successful casting of fitness trainer Gucci.

A week into the Serb's second term, Maccabi Tel Aviv prefers to concentrate on who they are

Yaniv Tuchman

25/06/2022

Saturday, 25 June 2022, 11:55

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It is very doubtful whether Maccabi Tel Aviv is satisfied with everything that has been happening in recent days around Eran Zehavi.

Waldan Ivic has a staff to manage, a team to prepare and a purchase to bring, with less than a month left until the start of his journey in Europe.

Last season's Maccabi Tel Aviv did not win any titles and the work is enormous.

The last few days in the media, and also among the fans, are permeating Kiryat Shalom and sometimes it seems that all that matters is where he will play number 7, when the goal is a team title, not to mention a championship.

This morning, Ivitch brought the Maccabi Tel Aviv players to early training in Kiryat Shalom.

On Monday, the team will go to training camp in the Netherlands and he is certainly not quiet when he does not yet have a foreign brake on the roster, and when another winger the coach wants - not yet in the direction.

Even what happens in the defensive positions is a kind of compromise.

If Desa had come to me or there was a better foreign right defender than Andre Geralds, it could have been seen as an upgrade, but for now there is no such direction.

In the left wing the story is similar.

Ivica has Enrique Sborit there, but the Basque may also play next season as a starting brake, and then as a backup, Maccabi Tel Aviv will be left with Ophir Davidzada and youth team defender Roy Revivo.

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The saga hovers over the beginning of Ivica's term.

Zehavi (Photo: Berni Ardov)

The first week of Ivica's new term greatly highlighted Greek fitness coach Pavlos Gucci.

Players at Maccabi Tel Aviv talk about Gucci with enthusiasm, when they have the strength to do so after the grueling training under him.

Gucci did not work in the big luxury clubs in Greece and the last club, from which Ivica pulled, was Asters Tripolis who ousted Maccabi Tel Aviv from Europe in the summer of 2014, but after one week it can be said that Maccabi Tel Aviv hit Bull with a very energetic fitness coach, one who did not rest for a moment. Lets players slow down.

Players on the team are convinced that this will give its signals later on.

Ivica has also played some football so far, and Gabi Kanikovsky and Dan Bitton stood out - two who did not train with the Serb in the previous term.

While Kanikovsky is exactly what Ivitch likes, a player who does not stand for a moment, Bitton was the player that Ivitch wanted to acquire from MS.

Ashdod after his first season at Maccabi Tel Aviv, but then Jackie Ben Zaken sold the connection to the Bulgarian Ludogorets.

Now, Bitton on the grass at Ivica and the Serb can see he was not wrong when he wanted to bring him.

The one who has so far been defined as a player who could be an X Factor in the link is the Dutchman Yuris van O'Brien, who is having a hard time training so far because of the heavy heat that prevails in the country.

Van Aubrey is also one of the short players who knows how to handle the ball and never stops being on the move, and Maccabi Tel Aviv are convinced that over time, after getting used to the Israeli climate, its quality will be more pronounced.

Many edges are still open.

Ivica (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)

Starting today, Ivica will be able to impress Brandy Kubas, who will join training with Georgia Juvanovic and Dan Glazer.

The three of them played in the national teams during the break and got another week of rest.

Kubas is not supposed to stay despite his contract, but until Maccabi Tel Aviv finds another wing player, Ivica may try and earn him ahead of the tasks in the Conference League qualifiers.

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