Maccabi Tel Aviv took off this evening for the Ukraine in preparation for their Matchday Six Champions League clash against Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday at 21:45. The Yellow-and-Blue held their final training session this evening before the flight and will land later on tonight. On Tuesday, the club will hold a press conference and final practice and you can get all the updates surrounding the match right here on the official club website and Maccabi social media outlets.

Four years have gone by since Dor Micha played and scored against the Ukrainian outfit and he spoke to the official website just before take off: “It’s exciting, perhaps it was just me, Barak and Yoav that played against them. This is our last game in the Champions League and we want to come home with a good result and some points.”

About the goal he scored against Kiev at home in a 1:1 draw back in 2011:

“I remember the goal I scored against Kiev at home, and I won’t ever forget it for the rest of my life. I hope we’ll be able to have a repeat performance on Wednesday.”

The Champions League learning experience:

“Our group has some clear cut favorites and not just Kiev. These are teams with a lot of experience and even though the results may not have been the greatest we are learning a lot and gaining a tremendous amount from being in the Champions League which is very important in its own right.”

The Holiday of Hanukah:

“They say that the holiday of Hanukah in the holidays of the Maccabis, I hope we’ll be able to give everyone a Happy Holiday.”

The Maccabi “Shachar” Tel Aviv Under-19 club is also headed to Kiev  where they will in search of their first win of their campaign. The last time the two clubs met in Israel  the sides parted ways with a 1:1 draw. Tomer Altman said prior to the flight: “Even though we can’t advance it doesn’t matter. We have nothing to lose and it’s important to us to play well and pick up a victory. We had a positive tournament and we deserve a win due to the whole experience that we’ve been through.”