Summary of the defeat of Maccabi Tel Aviv 6:1 against Olympiakos in the round of 16 final of the Conference League/Sport1
Maccabi Tel Aviv expect to see already tonight (Sunday, 20:00, Sport4), a little more than two days after the painful defeat against Olympiakos, another football and a 180 degree different performance against Hapoel Haifa.
"We don't have time to grieve. You can't wallow in agony," they say in Kiryat Shalom and demand to see a change already tonight, despite the fatigue from the 120 minutes that Bachka Topola had against the Greeks in the huge 1:6 loss.
Robbie Keane spoke to the players yesterday at training.
"No one will take away from us the beautiful season we are having and I am proud of you. Now we need to bring character and personality and return to our league with a victory," said Keane who ultimately decided that Derrick Lucassen will remain out of the squad tonight as well as Yonatan Cohen and Kiko Bondoso.
This is not the time to sink.
Ruby Keen/Ariel Shalom
Despite the defeat, Keane will continue to give credit in the lineup to a large part of the players who started against Olympiakos, but two or three changes are still expected.
The big question is still about Milson who will conduct a fitness test and announce whether he is able to deal with the pain he still feels because of the 'wooden leg' he has had since the game on Thursday.
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