After kicking off the Europa League phase campaign with a 0-0 draw away to PAOK in Thessaloniki, Maccabi left today (Tuesday) for Serbia ahead of the match against Croatia’s Dinamo Zagreb.
A day before the start of Yom Kippur, which will be spent by the team in Serbia, the squad arrived at Ben Gurion Airport from where their flight to the Balkans took off. Tomorrow morning, the team will return the TSC Arena in Backa Topola where they hosted the entire qualifying campaign, hold their pre-match Press Conference followed by the final training session before the first “home” match of the League phase.
Having collected the first point in Greece last week, Maccabi will face Dinamo Zagreb on the back of Sunday’s 0-0 draw away to Bnei Sakhnin.
Dinamo, on the other hand, began their Europa League phase with a 3-1 victory over Fenerbahçe at the Maximir stadium in Zagreb.
Maccabi and Dinamo share some history, as their first encounter took place in the first round of the 2001/02 UEFA Cup. Back then, Maccabi advanced to the next stage on the away goals rule, after drawing 2-2 in Zagreb and a 1-1 draw in the match held in Israel.
