Maccabi hosts AEK Larnaca on Thursday (Bloomfield, 20:00) for the return leg of the Conference League 3rd qualifying round. Shortly before we battle it out with the Cypriots for a place in the Playoffs, we recalled a similar scenario Maccabi experienced exactly five years ago.
Maccabi began the 2018/19 season with a European campaign that saw the team compete for a place in the EUROPA League group stages.
After advancing past Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros 2-1 on aggregate before a 4-2 aggregate victory over Radnicki Nis of Serbia – Maccabi were drawn against Pyunik. A 0-0 in Yerevan, was followed by a return leg in Netanya on August 16th 2018 for a tricky match which ended on a high note with a Playoff berth.
