Maccabi Tel Aviv believes again: "People entered Bloomfield bent over and left proud"

The best minutes in the 0:2 against Aris, alongside the exciting comeback of Eran Zahavi and the performance of Nir Biton, rekindled the hopes for the return of the championship: "There is complete faith in the players".

Ivic praised the breakthrough, but it is doubtful whether the Croatian will stay.

Compliments also to Kanikovski, Glazer and Yovanovich

Yaniv Tuchman

05/08/2022

Friday, 05 August 2022, 06:35

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Summary of the Conference League qualifiers: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Aris Thessaloniki 0:2 (Sport1)

0:2 is a proper advance for next week's rematch in Thessaloniki, but this is not the story of what happened last night (Thursday) in Bloomfield.

The competition for a place in the playoff stage of the Conference League, where Nice will be waiting, is the marginal thing that was in the game last night.

What is really important is that the Maccabi Tel Aviv players restored hope and faith to their fans.

Against the background of the dismantling that Maccabi Haifa is doing to its rivals and the lack of complacency in the construction of the staff in Maccabi Tel Aviv, the team's fans became depressed.

Eran Zahavi did not recover, Dan Glazer was injured and Nir Biton needed time.

And to that were added the Legionnaires who were not in a hurry to return and that foreign stopper that Maccabi Tel Aviv is looking for.

Maccabi Tel Aviv's great game last night against Ares Thessaloniki paved the way for a turning point and opened the door to renewed dreams of returning the championship to Kiryat Shalom.

What did an official at Maccabi Tel Aviv say last night?

"People entered Bloomfield bent over and left it proud. Fans came to the game insecure and returned home with complete faith in Ivić and the players."

It's not just the comeback.

Zahavi yesterday (photo: Danny Maron)

Even before the entrance of Eran Zahavi and his special goal, Maccabi Tel Aviv showed many good minutes thanks to some players who returned and others who were forgotten.

Nir Biton who was signed to the team yesterday opened the eyes of many who did not see him as a tie breaker.

While everyone is talking about a foreign shortstop who didn't arrive, Beaton came up for the first time in the lineup and made a tremendous game of silence in coverage, building the game in the back and great deep balls to the forwards.

Next to him on the field was Dan Glazer, whom Maccabi Tel Aviv was waiting for because he started the training camp with a torn muscle.

Glazer also came up for the first time in the lineup and saved a lot of balls, as he knows how to do.

The pressure he put on Aris' connections started many Maccabi Tel Aviv attacks.

Next to the two who started in the lineup for the first time, Gabi Kanikovski was in every corner of the field.

He started as a left midfielder and finished the game as a winger on the entire line in the three-back formation.

In the week when everyone was talking about Aden Kartsev, Kanikovsky proved that Maccabi Tel Aviv was not wrong when they brought him in the same trade deal with Maccabi Netanya.

The assist he arranged for Djorja Jovanović in the first goal was a work of thought.

The Serbian striker also received warm words last night after he worked very hard in the first half against Aris' defenders and received his reward with the excellent goal he scored.

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Tie break.

Nir Biton (Photo: Danny Maron)

Now the face of Maccabi Tel Aviv for the rematch in Thessaloniki.

Vladan Ivitch is convinced on the one hand that Maccabi Tel Aviv can win in Thessaloniki as well, but estimates that Ares' chances of moving on are still as good as Maccabi Tel Aviv's chances of moving to the next stage.

"The ratio is still 50:50," the Serbian told Greek journalists at the end of the match.

Ivić will have to decide before the game whether he starts with Eran Zahavi in ​​the lineup or again lets him come off the bench.

Ivic was very flattering at the end of the match for Stipe Pritza, but at the same time the Croatian striker's place in the team is not guaranteed.

Ivić admitted that he needed players in additional roles, so the coach could not commit that Fritza would stay until the end of the season at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

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