Katav sentenced to dinner
However, the helmsman of the Israeli champions did not hesitate to notice that only half the way has been covered and it will be completed on Thursday. And on Sunday, the team will face a serious test in the next round of the national championship - a duel against teammates from Tel Aviv. In the Greens camp, they hope that this home match with one of the leaders will finally mark the team’s exit from the protracted crisis and will provide a charge of positive emotions before CSKA’s return visit.
In numerous interviews with Israeli media, Roni Levy said that the key to success in the European arena is the right strategy: “We play against the European counterparts as our opponents act in matches of the national championship: we rely on reliable defense and look for chances in counterattacks.”
During Friday's training, Chilean defender Rafael Olara injured his ankle. Recovering from injuries defender Adoram Casey and midfielder Maor Melikson engaged in an individual program - their participation in the return match against CSKA is in question.
And captain highfchan Yaniv Katan will be forced to fork out a serious amount in the near future by paying a team dinner at a restaurant. Thus, the leader of the greens will be punished for unethical behavior in Vladikavkaz, where he publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the decision of the coach to replace him in the 86th minute.
Who is entangled in Brazilians?
At Maccabi headquarters, they are preoccupied with clarifying the circumstances of the warning issued at the 17th minute of the match in Vladikavkaz by Slovenian referee Darko Ceferin. In the credits of the broadcast of Russian television, the Brazilian defender of the guests Andersen was punished. According to information posted on the official website of UEFA, another Haifa Brazilian - Dirceu - was fined. A request for clarification from UEFA officials led to a completely surprising discovery: in the official judicial protocol, the hand of a Slovenian judge recorded that he showed a yellow card ... to the Brazilian army Ramon! The final clarifications from Nyon, Maccabi CEO Itamar Chizhik promised to send at the beginning of a new working week.
Menachem troubles for “Kiryat Eliezer”
The President of the Israeli Football Federation, Yitzhak Menachem, appealed to the UEFA leadership with a request to review the earlier decision and allow Maccabi to accept CSKA in the home arena - the Haifa stadium “Kiryat Elizer”. Immediately after the Vladikavkaz match ended on Wednesday, the IFF leader contacted Maccabi president Jacob Shahar and received confirmation from him that the Haifa stadium was listed in the club application along with Tel Aviv's Bloomfield as the home arena for the Israeli champion.
Fantasy Valery Georgievich
A lot of excitement in the camp of journalists writing and broadcasting on sports topics on the Promised Land was caused by the post-match statements of CSKA coach Valery Gazzayev that the club’s players were not allegedly called to a friendly match against the Ukrainian team in order to save them on the eve of the winter-spring stage of the European Cup tournament .
The Israelis are perplexed: what exactly did Gazzayev mean when pronouncing such a strange tirade? Obviously, he does not know well the leading Israeli team colleague Dror Kashtan. For this, there is nothing more important than the interests of the national squad. At the same time, the Israeli team will face the most important March match against the British.
Indeed, in the match with the Ukrainians, only one representative of the Haifa club entered the field - Yaniv Katan. But at the same time, Keynan and Rafaelov were relocated from the national team to the “youth team” camp the day before the game, in which Arbitman also played.
Colautti was not called to the match, as he would not play against the English. Casey is injured. Harazi was not called up at all under the banner of the national team in this cycle. And Tal, Benado and Sandberg changed their club registration. So the Israelis are completely unclear who, according to Gazaev, is the shore for Maccabi Kashtan and why the Russian helmsmen are looking for the reasons for the Vladikavkaz misfire not on the football field, as it should, but outside.
Alex PRESKOVSKY