The most spicy thing there is: Maccabi Tel Aviv was drawn today (Monday) in the first knockout stage of the Conference League against PSV Eindhoven, in the media the Yellows’ biggest star game in the last decade – Eran Zehavi. The first game will be played in the Netherlands on February 17, and a week later Zahavi will return to Bloomfield Stadium for the rematch. The winner between the two meetings will advance to the quarterfinals.
In the Legionnaires’ squad, Liel Abda’s Celtic and Nir Bitton will face Norwegian Bodo Glimt, while Beavers Natcho’s Belgrade partisan will play against Sparta Prague. Due to the saga surrounding Tottenham’s fate in light of the club’s outburst at the club, it has yet to be determined whether Eli Desa’s Vita has secured her place in the next round. If the Dutch eventually get second place they will meet Rapid Vienna.
Eran Zehavi will return to Israel for a team game for the first time since leaving Maccabi Tel Aviv in the summer of 2016. The Dutch luxury club has already visited Bloomfield twice and defeated the other Tel Avivians: 0: 1 over Bnei Yehuda in the Europa League playoffs in August 2009 and 0: 1 over Hapoel Tel Aviv In October 2011 at the home stage of the same plant. F.S.W. Ranked first in the Dutch league, one point above Ajax and Feyenoord.
Rick Alpernik, the senior Dutch journalist who covers PSV Eindhoven, wrote: “PSV was drawn against Maccabi Tel Aviv, which is ranked 5th in the Israeli league, and this does not seem to be the hardest draw. “To be a misunderstanding. Maccabi only finished in second place in the early house in the Conference League.”
The first knockout stage of the Conference League (the right team will host first)
Marseille – Karabakh
PSV Eindhoven – Maccabi Tel Aviv
Fenerbahce – Slavia Prague
Mittyland – Paok Thessaloniki
Lester – Randers
Celtic – Bodo Glimt
Sparta Prague – Partisan Belgrade
Rapid Vienna – Tottenham / Vitesse
* Tottenham’s game in the final round did not take place due to Corona’s outburst at the club, and it is not yet known what will happen to the meeting.
The knockout stage games will be on February 17 and 24, and the day after the rematch there will be a quarter-final draw, in which eight home winners await.
Awaiting the quarterfinals: Lask Linz, Ghent, Rome, Alkmaar, Feyenoord, Copenhagen, Rennes, Basel.