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If before the African Championship we wondered who would be hurt more by the departure of its top foreigner - Maccabi Haifa without Abdulai Sak and Maccabi Tel Aviv without Milson - the last few weeks provided an unequivocal answer.
Maccabi Tel Aviv went six games without its outstanding winger, and in the meantime paid quite a heavy price.
Since the game against Hapoel Haifa, which was Milson's last before joining the Angola team, Robbie Keane's team scored only 9 points out of a possible 18, almost completely lost the 10-point advantage they had against Maccabi Haifa in the fight for the top, and in addition lost a lot of confidence and pressure.
Maccabi Tel Aviv hoped that, unlike Abdoulaye Sak, who is nominated to continue with the Senegal team until the final stages of the tournament, Milson would return soon.
But yesterday (Tuesday) the plans went wrong, after Angola beat Burkina Faso 0:2 and surprisingly (and historically) advanced to the round of 16.
This means that Milson and Shaw (who, like Sak, Maccabi Haifa is doing well without him) will not return to Israel in January.
In addition to the six games he has missed so far and the Toto Cup final that he will miss tonight, Milson will also miss the games against Hapoel Hadera (away, cup) and Hapoel Jerusalem (home, league).
Show will miss the cup game against Hapoel Kfar Saba and the league game against Hapoel Beer Sheva in Turner.
Maccabi Tel Aviv continues to wait.
Milson/Bernie Ardov
In the meantime Milson is making a living with the Angolan national team
On the other hand, the fact that Angola finished as the head of the house is slightly ahead of schedule.
On January 27, she will meet either Abraham Grant's Zambia or Namibia in the round of 16, and even if she continues to surprise and win the game, in the quarterfinals she faces a seemingly insurmountable obstacle - Cameroon or Nigeria, one of the favorites to win the tournament.
The quarter-final match, which Angola will aim to reach, will take place on February 2 - three days before the second game of the season in the league, in which Maccabi Haifa will host Maccabi Tel Aviv.
As expected, his stay in Ivory Coast is getting longer.
Abdulai Sak/GettyImages, Matthew Ashton - AMA
As for Abdulai Sak, the return may be delayed as expected.
Senegal will play in the round of 16 on January 29 (the identity of the opponent is still unknown) and if they are not surprised and stumble, they will play in the quarter-finals on February 3.
Even if you are eliminated in the Big 8 stage, it is very doubtful if SC will be able to get to Israel and prepare properly for the second game of the season that will take place only two days later.
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