Maccabi Tel Aviv continued to get into trouble this evening (Monday) after 2:1 against Maccabi Netanya and saw the gap from Maccabi Haifa at the top remain at 8 points. Immediately after the end of the game, the former coach of the Israeli national team, Eli Gutman, analyzed the performance of the Yellows on the broadcast after the main game .
“Maccabi Tel Aviv was built with the sin of arrogance,” Eli Gutman began his words. “Bringing back players like Dor Peretz, Yonatan Cohen, Nir Biton, Eran Zahavi – everything is fine, these are good and worthy players, but it was not built on a professional basis. They didn’t know what style of play Maccabi Tel Aviv wanted to play, and then it got stuck. Ivić’s departure was because he also didn’t like the construction of the squad.”
“This is the great Maccabi Tel Aviv, a top club in Israeli football, but as soon as they give Oskar Glouch an agreement with 7 million euros to leave – it means that they don’t know how to appreciate the talent of the player who grew up in Maccabi Tel Aviv. Ivić’s departure came because of how the squad was built , he couldn’t find his hands and feet. Karanka slept once against Maccabi Haifa, made a big mistake, and since then nothing. The building of the squad is the story at Maccabi Tel Aviv.”
Maor Bozaglo added: “It’s a loss that beyond the fact that it complicates Maccabi Tel Aviv, it’s disappointing to watch from the sidelines. The ability, the style of play, is not typical for a team that wants to win a title. Long balls, awkward passes, it didn’t matter which player entered the front – he was irrelevant.”