State Cup semi-final summary: Beitar Jerusalem - Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:3 (Sport 1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv hoped to end the season with a victory in the state cup and with the right energies for the next season, but after the elimination last night (Wednesday) by Beitar Jerusalem, the chances are slim that Mitch Goldhar will let Aitor Karanka be the man to start the next season as the team's coach. Around Maccabi Tel Aviv estimated last night that the Canadian will not be able to continue with the Spaniard, even though they have already begun to formulate work plans together for next season.
Karanka has a contract for another season and last night at the press conference he took pains to emphasize that he wants to continue and believes in his ability to field a better team next season, but in this atmosphere And with the feeling of disgust that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have developed towards him, it is very difficult to see Goldhar entrusting the team to him.
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Cranka (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
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Yesterday, Karanka messed up in the preparation for the game, in the management of the game, in dealing with the injuries of Eran Zahavi and Enrik Savorit and especially he made a mistake in the substitutions.
He chose to insert Gabi Kanikowski instead of Zahavi and switched to playing in a 1:5:4 formation which he rarely practiced and hardly played all season.
He took out Dan Glazer and put in Joris van Overeem in a substitution that greatly weakened the team.
At the press conference at the end, he did not elaborate or explain what the reasons were for his professional decisions and the only insight he had was: "If we had won, you wouldn't have asked me about the players I didn't include."
The ball, then, is in Goldhar's court, who will have to decide what he does now with the coach.
On the one hand, it is unpleasant to part with Milinan Euro for the salary of the Basque and his team and to look for a new coach.
On the other hand, Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have lost faith in the coach and if Goldhar decides to keep him, it is likely that he will receive a significant decrease in the number of subscribers, something that Maccabi Tel Aviv is very afraid of.
Not only Cranka will pay a price.
Maccabi Tel Aviv players (photo: Maor Alxalsi)
But not only Karanka is expected to leave.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is facing a significant facelift.
Many players will leave.
Those who do not have a contract will not continue and those who want to leave, the group will be happy to discuss his sale.
"You can't blame everything on the coach all the time, but there are moments when the whole system needs to take stock," said an official involved in the matter.
"There are many players who will not continue at Maccabi Tel Aviv."
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