Summary: Maccabi Netanya - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0:0 (Sport1)
Despite another loss of two points after last night's draw against Maccabi Netanya and despite the team not even being able to qualify for second place, Maccabi Tel Aviv has not made a decision regarding the end of Aitor Karanka's career as the team's coach.
Basque has a contract for another season, he wants to exercise it and Maccabi Tel Aviv still has no intention of ending the relationship with the coach.
Some of the recent conversations with Karanka also refer to the preparations for next season, which must make him feel that he is staying.
Along with that, there is still a month left until the end of the season.
Four league games and the state cup factory and things will be decided according to the finish.
Karanka hoped the team would look different yesterday especially with Mitch Goldhar in the stands.
He felt that he had already raised the players to other levels even in front of MS.
Ashdod did not manage to win Maccabi Tel Aviv a week ago, but he did not believe that he would again have to talk about motivation and attitude during the stoppage of the game yesterday.
Maccabi Tel Aviv came to the game completely relaxed and radiated apathy.
Karanka washed the players at halftime and they already looked different in the second half, but to still talk even last night at the press conference about the lack of aggressiveness was very disappointing for the coach.
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No change in plans (for now).
Crank (photo: Barney Ardov)
The owner Mitch Goldhar, who was sitting in the stands, was very deep in the game and seemed at the end to be taking to heart the poor production of his players.
Goldhar stayed at the Karanka partition yesterday when he arrived in Kiryat Shalom and the meeting between them was positive.
The owner must also have expected his positive influence on the team from his very presence in Israel and left the stadium in Netanya very disappointed.
"There are many things to fix for next season. There are many problems and there are many decisions and it is good that Mitch is in Israel at this point in time and sees things closely," said a club official.
A player in the team added last night: "I'm sure every player wanted to give more and look better when Goldhar was here. It's not clear why we looked so shameful in the first half when Mitch was here."
The problem of scoring that accompanies the team in the last games, intensified yesterday when Maccabi Tel Aviv did not score a single goal..Kranka took out Eran Zahavi and Djorja Jovanovic in the second half in the same minute and the others also continue to suffer from a drought.
"To explain why we miss a lot? I don't know how to explain," said Karanka.
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