Robbie Keane breaks silence over 'difficult' return to Israel

The Maccabi Tel Aviv boss praised his team's togetherness as they prepare for Europa Conference League duty

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00:00 Obviously the feeling is that first and foremost is to see the players and it was great to

00:05 see everybody under the obviously difficult circumstances.

00:10 But as soon as we all came back together it was like the way it was a few weeks ago.

00:17 So I think that just goes to show you the togetherness that this team has had since

00:25 I walked into the building and I think that will always stand you in good stead going

00:32 forward.

00:33 So I've been very pleased with the attitude of everybody in the application.

00:40 So far it's been a really good week and I think for everybody now I think this game

00:46 can't come around quick enough.

00:48 So the mood I have to say in the last few days has been very, very good and that's full

00:55 credit to the players and the bond that they have and they've shown with each other and

01:04 that's what a team is all about.

01:06 When you have that, that people want to really play for each other and I really got that

01:13 sense when I first walked in the building.

01:16 Certainly in the last week or so it's been very good.