In the early morning of March 14, Beijing time, the Dutch First Division ended a match in the 26th round, and the winning favourite Eindhoven relied on the second half of the deadly ball to win 1-0 against Utrecht and continue to follow Ajax in the standings. In this game, the former Chinese Super League veteran Zahavi scored for Eindhoven, who has participated in scoring in the past 5 games, directly making 5 goals in 5 games, and his performance is explosive.
As the former champions of the Champions League, Eindhoven has been left behind in the Champions League play-offs this season. In the Europa League, Eindhoven also failed to qualify. In the league, since the defeat to Ajax in the 20th round, Eindhoven has also been suppressed by his opponents. In the just-concluded UEFA Knockout Round, Eindhoven drew 4-4 with Copenhagen and failed to dominate at home.
Although Eindhoven is currently not going well on all fronts, israeli striker Zahavi in the team has been in a hot state recently. Since the 24th round of the league, he has scored in the last 5 games. Including the early morning games, he contributed 4 goals and 1 assist in 5 games, and is undoubtedly the strongest thigh in the team recently.
Recently, it was reported that palmeras, the 2021 Copa Libertadores champion, targeted the 34-year-old Zahavi. This example fully shows that age is never an issue, as long as you have the ability, the overlord of the region will also throw an olive branch to you. After leaving the Chinese Super League, Zahavi has a consistent ability to score goals, and after the early hours of the morning, he played 68 games for Eindhoven, contributing 30 goals + 13 assists.
In the early morning match against Utrecht, Eindhoven, although dominant, was slow to score. It wasn't until the second half that Eindhoven relied on Zahavi's goal to break the deadlock, which became the perfect goal of the whole game. In the course of this goal, we saw Zahavi's keen forwarding ability as a striker.
After winning the game, Eindhoven continued to follow Ajax, trailing his opponent by two points to refuse to fall behind, keeping the possibility of the title race. Four days later, Eindhoven will travel away to Copenhagen, drawing 4-4 in the first leg. The few pieces of good news for Eindhoven are that away goals have been cancelled in European competitions this season, so Eindhoven doesn't theoretically have to worry about losing four goals in the first leg.
At the start of the season, Eindhoven defeated Ajax to win the Dutch Super Cup. From the current situation, Eindhoven still has 3 grand trophies to fight for, namely the Dutch First Division, the UEFA and the Dutch Cup. And in these 3 competitions, Eindhoven and the champions are very close. If it goes well, Eindhoven can even look forward to 4 titles this season, of course, this will require players such as Zahavi to continue to explode performances.