Summary: Kiryat Shmona City - Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:1 (Sport 1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv is preparing to say goodbye to its coach Vladan Ivitch, who will play his last game tonight (Tuesday, 20:00), in the round of 16 of the Cup against Bnei Sakhnin.
The club hopes to announce a new coach even before the league game against MS.
Ashdod on Saturday and are holding talks with two coaches, including the Spaniard Aitor Karanka, former Real Madrid stopper.
Protégé of the special.
Aitor Karanka next to Jose Mourinho (Photo: Reuters)
The 49-year-old Karanka is considered one of the closest people to Jose Mourinho in the world of football and served as his assistant at Real Madrid.
Since leaving the Blancos in 2013, he managed to serve as the head coach at Middlesbrough for four years and also stood on the lines of Nottingham Forest, Birmingham City and Granada.
He had the greatest success in Boro, when he marched it to qualify for the Premier League in the 2015/16 season.
As a player, the Basque started his career at Athletic Bilbao where he played in the years 1992-1997 and then wore the Real Madrid uniform for five years that included winning one championship and three Champions League trophies.
He then returned for four years at Bilbao and retired in 2006 after playing one season with the Colorado Rapids of the MLS.
He made one appearance in the Spain national team.
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Israeli soccer
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Aitor Cranka