{"id":11328,"date":"2018-08-02T23:06:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T23:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=11328"},"modified":"2018-08-02T23:06:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T23:06:36","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-hapoel-haifa-advance-in-europa-league-play-ifa-technical-director-ruttensteiner-addresses-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-hapoel-haifa-advance-in-europa-league-play-ifa-technical-director-ruttensteiner-addresses-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv &#038; Hapoel Haifa advance in Europa League Play, IFA Technical Director Ruttensteiner addresses media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1) <strong>Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the third round of Europa League qualifying<\/strong> action as they drew 2:2 at Radnicki giving them a 4:2 aggregate victory over the two legged tie. An own goal by Radovan Pankov and an Eliran Atar marker gave the Yellow &#038; Blue their goals while Aleksandar Stanisavljevi\u0107 scored a brace for the host\u2019s. Next up for Maccabi will be the first leg of the third round against Pyunik from Armenia on Tuesday August 7th in Yerevan. Head Coach <strong>Vladimir Ivic<\/strong> said following the match, &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t easy. But we advanced to the next round. We scored two goals and created a few chances. But they also scored two goals and they are not at the same level as us. We lost concentration during some parts of the game and that isn&#8217;t good. We will be ready for the match against Pyunik.&#8221; Maccabi will be seeded in the Playoff Round draw but will need to advance out of the third round to reach that stage of the competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hapoel Haifa moved on to the third round<\/strong> as well after defeating FH 1:0 thanks to a second half Eli Elbaz goal and brilliant goalkeeping by Ernestas Setkus in Iceland as they advance on a 2:1 aggregate score. The Carmel Reds will now ready themselves for a date with Atalanta on Thursday August 9th in Israel.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_11338\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/smallsite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11338\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/smallsite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/smallsite.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/smallsite-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel Football Association<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n2) <strong>Willi Ruttensteiner<\/strong> addressed the media for the first time since becoming the Israel Football Association&#8217;s Technical Director and spoke about his plans for the upcoming, &#8220;It\u2019s a huge honor for me to be a partner in this wonderful project and it\u2019s an honor to be the technical director for the national team of this beautiful country. It\u2019s a big challenge to move up in the FIFA rankings over the the next few years. We can\u2019t be Spain, Italy or English but we can improve the football here.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The Austrian continued, &#8220;The technical director is the person who is reasonable for the development of the football in the country and it\u2019s a great responsibility. I am 100% sure I can do this. Let\u2019s work together for our country, national team and the youth. I want to develop a unique philosophy for the National Team and not replicate or copy it but something specific for Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About the appointment of the National Team Head Coach Andi Herzog, &#8220;I think it was a good choice to appoint Andi Herzog, aa great player at Werder Bremen and had great experience as a player and one of the best experienced talented coaches with national teams. He was an assistant which is different than being a head coach but he is well prepared and I will stand beside him.&#8221;<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_11339\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fullsizeoutput_14e75.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11339\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fullsizeoutput_14e75-1024x840.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"840\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fullsizeoutput_14e75-1024x840.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fullsizeoutput_14e75-300x246.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fullsizeoutput_14e75-768x630.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fullsizeoutput_14e75-1080x886.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fullsizeoutput_14e75.jpeg 1148w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hapoel Tel Aviv BC<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Quick Hits<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Stu Douglass<\/strong> signs with Hapoel Tel Aviv after spending two seasons with Nahariya&#8230;Forward <strong>Landon Milbourne<\/strong> joins Maccabi Ashdod after playing in Italy last season and with Eilat in 2016\/17&#8230;<strong>JayVaughn Pinkston<\/strong> signs with Hapoel Holon BC&#8230;Winger <strong>Tal Ben Chaim<\/strong> tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee on Sunday and will be out 6-8 months&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1) Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the third round of Europa League qualifying action as they drew 2:2 at Radnicki giving them a 4:2 aggregate victory over the two legged tie. 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