Hapoel Tel Aviv held its weekly press conference today (Thursday) ahead of the match against Kiryat Shmona City (Sunday, 8:15 p.m., Sport4). Slobodan Drapić commented on the current situation of the Reds at the bottom after a streak of two games without a loss and the meeting against the northern team that he knows well.
Slobodan Drapić commented on the game against Hadera: “I am very happy that the players were disappointed with the draw. It was very important for us not to concede, we were not good enough in the front. One point in this period is not a bad point only if you beat Kiryat Shmona. We worked on things That we wanted and want to be better against Kiryat Shmona. This is a new team, with a new method. They had good games, they don’t sit on a certain method they want. Against Maccabi Haifa they had a good game. I know them well and it will be a difficult game.”
“The league is tight, a loss puts you at the bottom and a win can raise you to eighth place. You have to get to the break, do a proper training camp and then hope that the team will look the way I want. You have to know not to concede and score more goals. I told the players that you can’t concede as easily as it was Against Hadera and Hapoel Be’er Sheva. We stopped it for the time being and I’m very happy that the players are doing this job properly. In the front part we need to improve. I remember other teams scoring goals in the 94th minute.”
On the headstone of the injured: “Except for Ghanem, all the players are fit.”
On the situation at the bottom: “I said that the league is very tight. You always want to look on the positive side. We don’t think about what will happen if we lose. We are optimistic and the atmosphere is optimistic. I am very satisfied with the pace in training and know that this increase will come and hope that it will happen on Sunday.”
On the resignation of CEO Odelia Friedman: “We have a very good relationship. I don’t feel like she’s going. She is always taking care of things. If we have to go to training camp it’s in front of her. When she informs me that she is leaving, I will pay more attention to it.”
Hisham Laios commented on the team’s offensive problem: “We are constantly working with Slovo on attack patterns, I also constantly want to improve. We train as hard as possible. Today’s training was also very difficult. All the players here are positive. Even those who do not play with us Until the end. It’s important that our team looks good in training as well and it’s important that the results come little by little.”
The games of the 10th round in the Premier League
Maccabi Haifa – MS Ashdod (Saturday, 17:00, Sport1)
Ness Ziona section – Hapoel Jerusalem (Saturday, 18:45, Sport3)
Bnei Sakhnin – Hapoel Hadera (Saturday, 18:45)
Maccabi Netanya – Maccabi Bnei Rayna (Saturday, 19:30)
Beitar Jerusalem – Hapoel Haifa (Saturday, 20:15, Sport4)
Hapoel Tel Aviv – Kiryat Shmona (Sunday, 20:15, Sport4)
Hapoel Beer Sheva – Maccabi Tel Aviv (Monday, 20:30)