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It is true that the circumstances before this important Champions League tiebreaker were anything but ideal: all of Israel is currently locked up, but soccer was still played.
Unusual circumstances in Israel
In addition, the corona virus is sweeping the Salzburg opponent Maccabi Tel Aviv (nine players and eight infected supervisors) and coach Giorgos Donis had to do without half of his regular eleven.
The cops always tried to emphasize that the crew of Salzburg coach Jesse Marsch didn’t want to let any of this get near them. The game is too important in this “special situation”.
Marsch said they were ready to duel. But the early stages at Bloomfield provided a very different picture.
Maccabi surprises Salzburg
Against the freshly mixed Maccabi team, the Austrian series champion was already behind in the ninth minute. After an open ball from the center line, 25-year-old Dan Biton rushed to Maxi Wöber and the forward defense and lifted the ball over Cican Stankovic to 1-0 over him, a shock to the Mozartstadters.
Salzburg does not start
Salzburg tried to take offensive action, but aside from a shot from Dominik Szoboszlai (15th), the Bulls found no dangerous scoring opportunities.
It has recently become known that Salzburg have had a hard time against Israeli teams: they failed twice against Israeli teams, in 2009 Maccabi Haifa, in 2010 Hapoel Tel Aviv, it became a stumbling block.
Turn start penalty
But shortly after the restart, the marching team found its way, albeit happily. After a penalty whistle to Patson Daka, Szoboslzai (49th) scored the 1-1. With his penalty, goalkeeper Tanenbaum was still there, but he could only direct the ball to the inside crossbar, from where he got into the goal.
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Dominik Szoboszlai (left) starts the change of course against Maccabi Tel Aviv with a penalty goal.
Joker Koita brings the expected boost
Then the police actually got it up: Joker Koita fought his way down the left after a pass from Szoboszlai and served Masaya Okugawa (57th) with a pass from Stangl – 2-1 lead for Salzburg. For the Japanese it was the first goal in his sixth match on the international stage.
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Dominik Szoboszlai (left) and Joker Sekou Koita advanced to the winners of the match in the second half against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Salzburg then increased the number of shots and increasingly found their usual game: the passes through the center reached the rest of the players with greater precision, the attackers were increasingly looking for deep spaces and the fast Koita also brought the expected momentum.
Bull’s close win against Tel Aviv
In the finals, the Mozartstadters relaxed a bit and gave Tel Aviv some chances. But goalkeeper Cican Stankovic saved the 2-1 win in time with a brilliant act. So the bulls pulled their heads out of the loop after a significant increase in performance.
“It was a really tough fight. The result with two away goals is important to us,” Marsch said after the game.
.@RedBullSalzburg turns the game around and has a good starting position for the return leg next week. pic.twitter.com/hJuqPA7ub9
– DAZN FROM (@DAZN_DE) September 22, 2020
Second group stage of the consecutive Champions League?
The return leg will take place on September 30 at 9:00 p.m. at Red Bull Arena. We also reported it on LIVETICKER, this time from the stadium. The police could make a notch there.
After eleven unsuccessful attempts in qualifying, the participation of the second reigning class in the Red Bull era (since 2005) could be perfected in the end. In the previous year, the champions were classified through the league.
The loser plays in the Europa League.
Maccabi Tel Aviv – FC Salzburg 1: 2 (1: 0)
Tore: 1: 0 (9.) Biton, 1: 1 (49./Elfer) Szoboszlai, 1: 2 (57.) Okugawa
Salzburg 2-1 win in the S24 LIVETICKER
(Source: SALZBURG24)
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