Summary of Maccabi Netanya's victory 1:2 over Maccabi Tel Aviv (Sport 1)
Great vigilance in Maccabi Tel Aviv this morning ahead of the big game tonight (Monday, 8:30 p.m.) against Hapoel Beer Sheva.
It has not been an easy week for the club since the loss to Maccabi Netanya in the previous round.
Harsh reviews, talk of a crisis and even a fan protest in Kiryat Shalom, something the club is not used to.
The arrival in Israel of the owner's representative Jack Angalidis last weekend added a dimension to the importance of tonight's game.
In the meantime, the club remembers well that this is probably really the last chance to return to the race after Maccabi Haifa lost on Saturday to MS.
Ashdod and the gap from the top remains at eight points before tonight's game.
Maccabi Tel Aviv also knows very well that a very high-quality opponent awaits them tonight.
It is no coincidence that Hapoel Beer Sheva is in a better position than Maccabi Tel Aviv and the amazing away balance of Eliniv Barda and his players shows that it will be very difficult tonight.
"HaPoel Be'er Sheva deserves every word of appreciation for the season it is doing," Maccabi Tel Aviv said this morning.
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Cranka's rabbit?
Dan Beaton (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
The one who should get his first minutes in the league today after three and a half months is Dan Beaton.
The midfielder was invited to the squad for the evening and will most likely start on the bench, but in the last training sessions he showed great ability and coach Aitor Karanka decided to dress him and remove from the squad Matan Huzaz who participated in the last game against Maccabi Netanya as a substitute.
Dan Beaton's last league appearance was on November 5 in the home game against Sektia Ness Ziona, which Maccabi Tel Aviv only ended in a 1:1 draw.
Bitton then came on as a substitute in the 62nd minute and since then, as mentioned, he has not participated in the Premier League and even asked to leave in the January transfer window.
At the beginning of the month, as part of the victory over Maccabi Petah Tikva in the quarterfinals of the State Cup, the midfielder partnered when he came off the bench and even scored a goal in a great way, but even these good minutes did not give Karanka reasons to let him play.
Tonight, Bitton will hope to get a renewed opportunity and also among the team's fans there is an expectation that the relationship that has grown in general with the rival from Beer Sheva, will play more.
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Crank (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
Karanka did not reveal in yesterday's training either how he is going to play tonight and will talk about it with the players this morning in the light training in Kiryat Shalom and later in the preparation at the hotel.
As far as the Spaniard is concerned, all options were open throughout the training week, including a return to the three-brake formation remembered from the days of Vladan Ivić.
At the same time, the assessment among the players is that Kranka will give more weight to the strong link squad with which Eliniv Barda usually goes up and will put his own aggressive midfield trio in front of Roy Gordana, Shay Elias and Eden Shamir.
Even in the last trainings, Karanka continued to talk about the biggest problem he finds in the games and that is the ease with which Maccabi Tel Aviv concedes the first goal and after that it is very difficult to come back.
It has happened to her in several games since the Basque arrived and he really wants to avoid it.
Both against Beitar Jerusalem and against Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Tel Aviv conceded first and did not know how to win after that and the coach talks about it a lot.
Gates 10-11 will be closed tonight to season ticket holders due to the punishment the team suffered and entry will only be allowed to women and children up to the age of 10. Maccabi Tel Aviv estimates that only a third of this pair of gates will be filled, and that close to 3,000 seats will remain orphaned due to the limit set by the court.
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