The third peak: the enormous importance of Barak Yitzhaki in the coming season

Goldhaar's confidence, warm relationship with Ivica and escalation in the less sympathetic decisions.

The addition of Eran Zehavi sharpens the assumption that after the Serbian general, the most important man in the next season of Maccabi Tel Aviv will be Barak Yitzhaki

Yaniv Tuchman

27/06/2022

Monday, June 27, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

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The last nail in the coffin of Galacticus Maccabi Tel Aviv season 2005/06, was inserted by Barak Yitzhaki.

He was then 21 years old, a striker at Betar Jerusalem who was bought from Hapoel Ashkelon a few years earlier. Potter Nir Klinger and the formidable Galacticos project shattered to pieces,

Eran Zehavi's return to Maccabi Tel Aviv with Vladan Ivic is the closest thing to that venture they brewed at Maccabi Tel Aviv with the aim of winning several championships. In the summer of 2005, even though Avi Nemani returned home from exile in Jerusalem at the time, Nemani, Eyal Berkovich and Giovanni Russo together is a bigger thing than Zahavi and Ivitch, but then there was no media today and mostly the social media of the fans, Contemporary.

That Maccabi Tel Aviv crashed and the current Maccabi Tel Aviv must learn from what it was then.

Even if there are no completely parallel lines, the main point is that it will be impossible to leave the whole craft in Ivica's hands.

Just as the Serb had Ben Mansford who helped him a lot in the first term, so Barak Yitzhaki will have to serve as an assistant against him in the current term.

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Yitzhaki should strive in the direction of the mentor, Mansford (Photo: Berni Ardov)

Itzhaki should not be Jordi Cruyff, it is doubtful if that is possible.

Cruyff could not have been a professional manager alongside Ivica.

The dominance of the Serb was so great that the Dutchman could not contain it.

In fact, Mansford was more suitable, and that is where Yitzhaki should strive.

He was there even then, four years ago, after hanging up his shoes.

Even then he was a partner in everything that happened as Mansford's assistant and as someone learning the job.

It is no coincidence that Yitzhaki pushed for Ivica's appointment and wanted it already after the dismissal of Patrick Van Leven and even after Georgius Donis was fired.

Between him and Ivica there is great chemistry, warmth and appreciation.

Ivica is happy to come and work for Maccabi Tel Aviv again, also because Yitzhaki is a professional manager at the club.

He is comfortable working with him, they see a lot of things eye to eye.

Yitzhaki wins trust from Canada.

Mitch Goldhaar had no problem firing Van Leven despite the Dutchman serving the club four years in the youth department and succeeding in his role as coach of the senior team after Donis.

The owner also had no problem sending Donis, who was sure that after bringing Maccabi Tel Aviv to the knockout stage of the Europa League he would have an air umbrella.

The owner did not renew the contract for Mladen Krastic for another season, even though the Serb was convinced he deserved it.

One does not have to sail until Goldhaar's decision to fire Avi Nemani, to internalize that in Toronto decisions are made without too much sentiment.

The Canadian's trust in Yitzhaki is very impressive.

There have already been those who have written in recent months that Yitzhaki Katzov's time and that Goldhaar will bring in a foreign professional manager who will make an order here and bring in procurement.

The Canadian apparently grinned at all the articles and continues to go with Yitzhaki, who received a lot of warm words yesterday about his part in a golden story as well.

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The responsibility is greater than ever.

Yitzhaki and Zahavi on the joint days on the lawn (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)

Yitzhaki will open his fifth season as a manager and now the responsibility is greater than ever.

Precisely on the basis of the fact that Maccabi Tel Aviv has two such dominant figures, Yitzhaki's importance to the system increases.

There is no need to hurry and determine that their golden hair will not be able to contain Vladan Ivic.

The striker loves to train, can still deliver the goods and wants to succeed.

But in moments of crisis, or when Ivica wants other things on the field, the flare-up options will be realistic.

Against other players and also against Zahavi.

That is why a dominant Yitzhaki is so important to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The model of Maccabi Tel Aviv once again leaves Mitch Goldhaar and Jack Angelidis very far from what is happening here.

It is possible that the Anglidis of the post-Corona will really come here for longer periods, but whoever will be in the field, in Kiryat Shalom and in the offices, is first and foremost Yitzhaki.

He will have to maintain a balance, he will have to engineer the staff, he will have to help Ivica cope with the uncompromising expectations he has.

After two years in which Maccabi Tel Aviv fired coaches and did not win championships, Barak Yitzhaki will have to pick up gear and alongside two people as sweeping as Ivica and Zehavi, be just as influential as he was involved and pushed to bring both to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

His presence next season will have a big weight in how it ends.

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