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Maccabi Tel Aviv players celebrate (Maccabi Tel Aviv official website)
After the fantastic achievement of Maccabi Haifa, which eliminated Olympiakos and advanced to the third qualifying round of the Champions League, tonight (Thursday) it was the turn of the Israeli representatives in the Conference League, when Maccabi Tel Aviv overcame Zira and will face Aris Thessaloniki in the third qualifying round of the factory.
The draw called for the coach of the Yellows a kind of derby, since Vladan Ivic is particularly identified with Pauk Thessaloniki, Aris’ sworn rival. The yellow-blacks finished last year in third place in the Greek league, with a large gap of 21 points from the champion Olympiakos, and two points behind the city rival Pauk.
The attack of the Greeks features two players with experience at the highest levels, such as Gervinho who played for Arsenal, Roma and Lille, and Andre Gray who played in the Premier League for Watford and Burnley. The first leg will be played at Bloomfield Stadium on Thursday next week, with the second leg taking place a week later in Thessaloniki.
Meet Logano, Hapoel Be’er Sheva’s opponent in the next stage
Hapoel Beer Sheva also moved to the next round of the tournament after knocking out Dinamo Minsk, and will play in the third qualifying round against a familiar opponent, the Swiss Lugano, against whom the Reds faced twice in the group stage of the Europa League in the 2017/18 season.
The team’s rival of Eliniv Breda finished last season in fourth place in the Swiss league, a great distance of 22 points from the champion Zurich. Logano started the current season in a terrible way with losses to Sion and the Grasshoppers.
