Maccabi Tel Aviv fell to FCSB Steaua Bucharest 1-0 on a 90th minute goal by William Batten and were eliminated from UEFA Champions League second round qualifying 2-0 on aggregate. The yellow-and-blue will now drop down to Europa League third round qualifying where they will play Sparta Prague who drafted Shamrock Rovers 6-2 on aggregate in there matchup.

“Tough game for sure,” Zarko Lazetic. “The first half we were playing with stress and lost easy balls, we ran a lot and expanded energy. The second half we were better but we didn’t have enough power. It was disappointing for us for sure and we will analyze it and use it for the next games that we play.”

Dor Peretz also spoke about the game that was, “I think that the game was fairly even and at this level we can’t accept what happened. We should have been able to hold onto the situation get situation that we were in but conceded late in the game. Now we will go back and lean from this game as you can’t make any mistakes in Europe.”