Big disappointment in Maccabi Petah Tikva after the 2:2 in the derby yesterday (Saturday) against Hapoel. “This was our most important game of the season,” said the club. “One that could advance us to the top playoffs and also against the sworn rival, but we just weren’t in the game.” The club’s management said: “You can’t lead twice and not win, we can’t allow that to happen.”
The disappointment stems not only from losing the points, but also from the fact that they conceded two goals, when the professional team pointed out that except for the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv’s defense showed better ability since the arrival of Ran Kozhuch, and the team must not go back .
“Many players were below their level today, it sucks, but at least we didn’t lose,” the professional team added, noting that Toklomati was sick and barely held two training sessions, so in his case there are extenuating circumstances, but it is not clear why the other players showed relatively poor ability.
As for Toklomati, Maccabi Petah Tikva placed a price tag of no less than 3 million euros on the player. There are still no official negotiations with any team, but club officials share that there are inquiries from the French league and Belgium. In any case, the club emphasizes that despite the good ability of domestic players like Liran Hazan, Niv Yehoshua and Guy Dezent, the plan is to sell only Toklomati in the summer, and enjoy the rest of the players next season as well.
Despite the disappointment, the one who left with the compliments after the derby is goalkeeper Marco Wolff. “He proves game after game that he deserves to be the first goalkeeper, and he deserved to be in this position from the start of the season,” said the club.
After the game, the Malabasim closely followed Sakhnin’s game against Hapoel Hadera, when a sigh of relief was heard from Sakhnin’s loss, which failed to secure a place in the top playoffs. This means that Slobodan Drapić’s team will come to the game against Bnei Rayna in the next round when they have something to play for, and this improves for PT the chance of a top playoff.
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