The comeback is coming: watch Eran Zahavi shake off the rust with his first goal at Maccabi Tel Aviv

For the first time since the comeback, Zahavi took part in a practice match against the youth team on Saturday and scored a typical goal.

Zahavi may already dress against Aris this week to contribute psychologically, but the debut is expected only in the return game

Yaniv Tuchman

31/07/2022

Sunday, July 31, 2022, 11:15 a.m. Updated: 12:02 p.m.

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Summary: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Zira 0:0 (Sport1)

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans can no longer wait for the moment when Eran Zahavi will play, not to mention that he will start in the team's lineup.

Two and a half months have passed since the striker's surgery, and Maccabi Tel Aviv fans can receive an encouraging sign from the practice match held yesterday evening (Saturday) against the youth team.

The game lasted only 35 minutes, 17 and a half minutes in each half, but in that short time the substitute team that did not start against Zira on Thursday managed to win 0:4 (the summary is here) with the title of the game being Eran Zahavi's debut goal after his comeback to the club.

It was a typical Zahavi goal defined by a player in the team this morning: "Another goal from the movies."

Zahavi was careful in the game and kept to himself, and the youth team players who played against him also understood that he needed to be given more space and be careful of tackles, but after more than a month of waiting, since training began, Zahavi can mark the first of a real comeback for himself.

The goal he scored yesterday still does not teach anything about the pair of games against Aris Thessaloniki in the third round of the Conference League.

Most likely, Zahavi will not play next Thursday.

Maybe he'll just dress up to help on a psychological level, but won't take part in the game.

Maccabi Tel Aviv hopes that his return to the game is closer than ever and he will be able to help the team in the rematch in Thessaloniki in about a week and a half.

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