Summary of the victory of Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:3 over Maccabi Jaffa in the round of 16 of the State Cup/Sport1
It is impossible to miss Robbie Keane's regular procedure of immediately looking for the opponent's coach at the end of a game to shake his hand and say a few words to him.
At the end of the last league game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Eliniv Barda walked quickly onto the grass to thank his players and say a few words to the referees.
Cain ran after him and called him from behind to shake hands and say goodbye.
One of the more memorable images was in the previous round when Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted Maccabi Netanya in Bloomfield and narrowly won from a penalty by Eran Zahavi.
Maccabi Netanya played excellently in the first half, missed a penalty in the second half and greatly impressed Cain, who immediately after the game approached their coach, then another Ran Kozhuch, and complimented him very much.
Kozhoch was fired a little later and Cain was very sorry for that.
Tomorrow (Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sport4) they meet again in Bloomfield when Kozhuch arrives as the coach of Maccabi Petah Tikva, which has been looking great lately and could cause Maccabi Tel Aviv a lot of problems tomorrow.
"We hang out a lot," Keane revealed about his relationship with Kozhuch in a conversation with reporters ahead of the game.
"I like his style. He comes to every game to play and not to park a bus or tell his goalkeeper to waste 15 minutes of the game. I really appreciate Ren."
"We will need everyone who is qualified during this period"/Ariel Shalom
Cain, who made it clear to his players that Maccabi Tel Aviv was in a very stressful period before because they will meet Olympiakos in a pair of games in the Round of 16 of the Conference League, said: "We will need everyone who is fit during this time. Everyone needs to be ready to play."
Regarding the appeal filed by the club against the reduction of the league point, the coach added: "What I cannot influence is of less interest to me and does not worry me. I cannot influence the decision of the court."
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