Maccabi Tel Aviv and Fotball Club FCSB drew 1-1 in the first leg of UEFA Champions League second round qualifying as Dan Bitton\u2019s second half strike was quickly wiped out by a Joyskim Dawa header to send the tie to a decisive second leg. <\/p>\n
Next Wednesday\u2019s clash will be a home match for Maccabi that will be played in Budapest, Hungary due to the ongoing war against Hamas in Israel as the yellow-and-blue will look to advance to the third round and a date with the winner of Shamrock Rovers FC and AC Sparta Praha matchup. Should Maccabi not advance they will drop to Europa League third round qualifying and play the winner of the FK Panev\u0117\u017eys and Jagiellonia Bia\u0142ystok tie.<\/p>\n
\u201cI liked the game, high stakes,\u201d Maccabi Tel Aviv head coach Zarko Lazetic began. \u201cWe had control in the first half but lost the ball in the second. Congratulations to my players, FCSB shows that they are in better rhythm because they have had more competitive games. I said before the game that the chances are 50\/50 and now we have 7 days to prepare and it will be for sure difficult for both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eran Zahavi had the first chance of the game but his 8th minute attempt missed the target just to the left of the goal while FCSB\u2019s Alexandru Baluta\u2019s chance was saved by yellow-and-blue keeper Roi MIshpati soon thereafter. Tyrese Asante, Henry Addo and Idan Nachmias all collected yellow cards for Zarko Lazetic\u2019s squad, while Mihai Lixandru was issued one as well for the hosts as a goalless first half came to a close. <\/p>\n
Avishay Cohen and Baluta traded chances early on in the second half while Mishpati came up with a pair of huge saves off of David Miculescu and Adrian Sut to keep the score as is but it wouldn\u2019t stay that way for long. <\/p>\n
Henry Addo came racing into the box off the left flank as his attempt was blocked by the keeper but Dan Bitton was right in front of the goal as he collected the rebound and scored to give Maccabi a 1-0 lead, however just minutes later Joyskim Dawa headed home a Darius Olaru free kick to quickly even up the score at 1-1 in the 75th minute.<\/p>\n
As the match wound down Mishpati and Alexandra Musi each were shown yellow cards as the contest ended all knotted up at 1-1 sending the tie to a decisive second leg next week in Hungary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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