The battle for a trip to the second round. Maccabi Tel Aviv host’s Ferencváros this evening (20:00) in the return leg of their first round Europa League tie following a 1:1 draw in the first meeting last week in Budapest.

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Maccabi enters the contest with an away goal thanks to Eliran Atar’s late strike, but Vladimir Ivic’s players know that their Hungarian opponent won’t make their lives easy in the home match.

Striker Itay Shechter will be available for the Serbian boss after missing out on the first leg. A Maccabi victory or a goalless draw will send the Yellow & Blue into the second round where they would most probably face Radnicki Nis from Serbia as they are leading their qualification tie by 4:0 over Gzira United of Malta following their first match.

The Head Coach Vladimir Ivic addressed the first leg result when questioned that a goalless draw will be enough to see Maccabi through due to the away goal: “Our target is to win the match. We have to concentrate from the first to last minute of the game and fight from the start to the end in order to win the game. I know that the Maccabi fans will be the 12th man.”

Dor Micha added: “We all know how critical this match is. I really believe in this squad and I’m very optimistic about this coming campaign. I think that the first match against Ferencváros was pretty even and they are a good team. At our home and with our fans it will be a totally different story.”