Summary: Hapoel Jerusalem - Maccabi Tel Aviv 2:0 (Sport1)
It's been a week that Jack Angalidis has been here, and as the owner's representative in Israel, they are picking up a gear at work.
April 4 today (Tuesday) and in the current state of affairs, Maccabi Tel Aviv must be at the peak of preparations for the next season.
On the agenda is the election of a CEO, on the table are decisions that need to be made regarding the future of Aitor Karanka, players who end their contracts and those who hold contracts for the next season, and of course follow-up and an attempt to close with new players. Tonight's
game (8:30 p.m.) against Maccabi Haifa is not a real season game. If Maccabi Tel Aviv had continued its convincing victory over Maccabi Haifa when Kranka was already coaching it, towards points it should have taken against Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem and Bnei Sakhnin at home, it would have gone up tonight to the game for the championship. The leadership of the table under the Basque, sunk in the mud in low-profile games and more in its stadium. On the plate it is not a season game, but about the future of Karanka, yes. The alternative season game.
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Karstaich (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
Mladan Krstaic did not receive the credit he so thought he deserved last season, first because Vladan Ivic signaled that he was ready to return to Israel, but even if the Serb, who won two championships here, had not sent a message that he was considering a comeback, Krstaich would not have been counted for the season Another because of the failure against Hapoel Be'er Sheva exactly a year ago.
In the middle of the playoffs, they had a pair of games against Hapoel Beer Sheva, first in the league at Turner and three days later at Bloomfield in the semifinals of the state cup.
In these two tasks, Krstaich and Maccabi Tel Aviv failed.
Eliniv Barda took the points and the ticket to the final on the way to hoisting the trophy.
After two such failures, Mitch Goldhar could not leave the man who ran Oskar Gloch from the youth to the senior team and outlined an enjoyable style of play in Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Even if Krstaich was sure that he was worthy of trust, Maccabi Tel Aviv sent him home.
With Krstich it was relatively comfortable.
He did not have a contract for another season, so the parting did not cost money.
Even if Goldhar improved positions in the ranking of his wealth, according to what was published yesterday in Canada, he still does not want to throw money away for nothing.
Only now has the verdict in Patrick van Leeuwen's claim to FIFA arrived, which taught us that the boss does not rush to pay, if he thinks there is room to discuss it.
Karanka has a contract for next season.
He has already started making statements about it and it is legitimate.
Even if other coaches asked to leave Maccabi Tel Aviv after achievements or even before, at this stage he is enjoying himself here and is not thinking of another destination.
Even if around Maccabi Tel Aviv there is a lot of background noise and even if the team's fans are sure that Karanka will finish in another month and a half, in Kiryat Shalom they really don't think so.
If the season were to end today, there is a very high chance that Karanka would continue according to his contract.
But the Basque faces four playoff games, against Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and the semi-finals of the State Cup against Beitar Jerusalem. These are very significant tests for his future. If he fails together with the players in these challenges, he will not be able to continue. The energies around him will be negative, The pressure will increase, the media will fall apart and the fans will fall apart. His journey towards next season starts tonight in Bloomfield. How can he be fired if he beats the reigning champions twice and takes a trophy?
Want to leave as few reasons as possible for Goldhar to make a move.
Crank (photo: Danny Maron)
This week, three contestants reached the finish line in the race for the position of CEO of the Football Association. Niv Goldstein, who was also elected, along with Itzik Kornfein and a female figure who did not come from the world of football. They made it to the end after close to 300 people submitted resumes. Maccabi Tel Aviv says that many of those who did not They reached the finish line, rushed to submit resumes to Maccabi Tel Aviv after Sharon Tamm announced that she was leaving. As soon as Maccabi Tel Aviv announced that its CEO would end her career at the end of the season, many people jumped on this possibility, but the facts are that Goldhar and Angelidis are in a different direction.
The fall has already fallen and the search overseas has already begun.
There has already been a decision to appoint a CEO with knowledge in the field of football. With international connections and professional understanding. The prototype of Ben Mansford is the character they are looking for and interviews are already taking place with the candidates. By the way, Barak Itzhaki not only accepts that there will be another person in the system who will touch the professional side, He even welcomes it. To have another person who can help,
It's time to deliver receipts in a big game.
Dan Beaton (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
What happened to Dan Beaton in the last few weeks is a kind of sporting miracle.
The one who was buried under the rubble was discovered alive and kicking.
Left leg mainly.
Bitton's status has changed to such an extent that Karanka explained his removal on Saturday against Hapoel Jerusalem by saying that he needs to keep his freshness for tonight's game.
If Dan Beaton soared his stock, no player should be down in the face of a bad period.
Tonight will also be a season game for him.
more on a personal level.
the internal
Talent was always there, but Dan Bitton was said, and rightly so, more than once, that his compromising nature was not suited to the pressure of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Good performances against Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Jerusalem are not considered a game in Maccabi Haifa's profile.
Dan Beaton needs a performance that is remembered in a big game, to believe in himself more and make Maccabi Tel Aviv believe in him much more over time.
Next month it will be 12 years since Maccabi Haifa's last victory in Bloomfield.
A lot of time has passed.
Most of the years Maccabi Haifa was not in the vicinity of the championship.
In the last three seasons it is superior to Maccabi Tel Aviv, but the pride of Maccabi Tel Aviv prevented it from losing to Maccabi Haifa at home and no one in Kiryat Shalom would want that streak to end tonight.
Even if they don't win the championship, Maccabi Tel Aviv still wants them not to celebrate at home.
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