Maccabi Tel Aviv drew Swiss champions Basel in the UEFA Champions League playoff round as Maccabi will play the first match of the two legged tie on Wednesday August 19th at Saint Jakob Park in Basel while the return leg will be played a week later on tuesday 25th at Sammy ofer Stadium
Head Coach Slavisa Jokanovic commented on the difficult draw, but knows that one must defeat the best European clubs to get to the Champions League group stages.
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"This is the 3rd time Maccabi Tel Aviv is drawn against FC Basel and so far we didn't manage to beat them on 4 occasions. However, this must never make us scared in anyway and despite the fact they were they toughest team we could have received, to reach the Champions League Group stage you must face top teams".
FC Basel's Coach Urs Fischer said after the draw: “With Maccabi Tel-Aviv we have to compete against a strong opponent, which FC Basel 1893 already knows. Except of one game the results were always very close. Therefore we need two very good performances of our team to achieve our goal and achieve the group stage”.
