It was not easy and certainly not pretty, but Hapoel Hadera has its first victory of the season in the Premier League. A goal by Mohamed Khatib after a big mistake by Eric Janko in the 73rd minute, tonight (Sunday) gave Hadratim 1:2 in Green over Maccabi Bnei Rayna and they can let out a sigh of relief.
The newcomer was left disappointed after a game in which she felt she deserved a historic victory in the top league. She hopes that she will soon be able to use the services of Osama Halaila, who finalized his terms and was present at the stadium this evening. The heads of the club will try to finalize the terms of his one-season loan against Maccabi Tel Aviv tomorrow.
Asaf Nimaniwho achieved his first victory as a coach in the Premier League: “Today I gave the players an example before we went into the game, I told them about a movie I saw about John McEnroe. What was special about him was that he was a winner. He brought victory at any cost, no matter what. The goal sanctified the The means. Today we brought such a victory, in an away game against a fantastic opponent. Hapoel Hadera is a new team that rebuilt itself. We need to be judged fairly.”
On the required reinforcement: “From 1 to 10? I won’t say. Well, 10.”
Saar Padidathe scorer of Hapoel Hadera’s first goal: “The team and the management talked to us this week. It brought us back the joy, there is nothing like winning. Hapoel Hadera is heart, soul, work on the field. We deserve Assaf who comes to training and believes in us. We suffered after the 6:0 and went down The confidence, but he lifted us up and I’m very happy.”
Adam HadiyaMaccabi coach Benny Raina: “Can’t complain to the players, except for concentration. We washed the field, you saw only one team on the field. We came to attack, moved the ball and controlled the pace of the game, but that’s football. We stole from a place we didn’t think about at all. Great goalkeepers Minko, such incidents happened to them, everything is fine. We saw a committed team that invested and pressed the whole game. Unfortunately, it can happen, we keep moving forward.”
On the expected reinforcement: “Osama Halaila can give a push to the offensive part. The team needs another punch in the attack. I had no offensive substitutions today. Every front player can help us. We want to add Osama, another foreigner in the attack and another one in the middle. We will need a wide squad, Soon there will also be matches in the middle of the week. Osama will slowly come back to himself, he is a proven striker who has scored in the Premier League and in the national league.”
Eric Janko He commented on his mistake: “It’s not pleasant, of course. We dominated and showed superiority everywhere on the field. It’s a mistake that shouldn’t happen, not at my level at least. I hope to return many more points to the team this year. I thought the ball would be under my control and it got away from me. That’s it, it’s over. We look ahead. They invested in the team and there are expectations here, I think we will have to live up to them. We really played well, dominated and created situations. We had to win, but that’s part of the point. The goal is to survive in the league, let’s hope we do that next week.”
The third round of the Premier League will come to an end tomorrow (Monday, 20:15, Sport1) with the meeting between Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Tel Aviv.