Summary: Olympiakos - Maccabi Tel Aviv 4:1/Sport1
The "love" story between Eran Zahavi and Olympiakos continues, making the Israeli striker a familiar figure for football fans in Greece.
The pair scored last night (Thursday) by the Maccabi Tel Aviv striker against the Reds' net, was his third pair against them in three games.
In general, Zahavi has a fantastic record of 10 goals in 9 games against Greek teams.
Now it seems that his recurring ritual in games against Olympiakos gives him a special status also among the fans of Panathinaikos, the sworn rival.
And so told Avi Zahavi, the striker's brother, who came to watch the game from the stands.
"Arriving at the reception to check out, the clerk sees the name on the passport, calls the owner of the hotel. 'Take it, he wants you,'" Zahavi said. '.
He is a fan of Panathinaikos."
The Greek media are also impressed with Zahabi the morning after the game. On the "IN" website they wrote: "Zahavi will celebrate 37 in the coming months, but it seems that this is his second childhood.
He plays with the hunger of a teenager, and with the impressive qualities of a central striker.
He knew exactly where the weak spots were in the Olympiakos defense and scored his goals from there.
The continuity in his ability over the years is impressive.
He never forgot the art of scoring goals."
The Greeks learn to appreciate.
Zahavi/Official website, Maccabi Tel Aviv Football
Zahavi, by the way, is one of the four candidates for the conference league player of the season award.
The other three candidates: Jonathan David who scored a brace for Lille, Bruno Petkovic from Dinamo Zagreb who also found the back of the net twice and Yorel Eto'o from Ajax.
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