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Mladen Krestajic (Radad Jabara)
Just before entering the top playoffs, Maccabi Tel Aviv continues to look great. Tonight (Monday), the Yellows recorded their sixth consecutive league victory and eighth consecutive victory in Israel (including the two cup games) and returned in a big way to the championship battle, with the gap from Maccabi Haifa in first place standing at only 6 points and Hapoel Beer Sheva in second place only two points.
The Yellows coach Mladen Krestajic He said at the end: “Every game for us is important, as after every game we say the game was important, we won an important game, and I congratulate my players. The players gave their maximum, both the players on the field and the players off the field were with them and there was a very positive energy. I think we deserved it, we dominated the game, especially in the first half. In the second half we scored two goals, we controlled the gossip, we absorbed an easy goal but it happens. We may have been a little confused in some situations, but overall it was a good game. I also have to talk about the fans – they were amazing again today and it is a very important victory for us “.
On the exchanges: “My teammates and I made changes and it just happened. Maybe the decision to have Tal as a right-back was a crazy decision, but when you have players with character you can do it. I know his character and that’s why we named him. With him as a right-back we had more offensive options. In the past in the same situation there were situations where players did not play in their position, it is football, the players have character and that is how it works. “
On Juvanovic: “He came here because of the exiles, he needs exiles, he conquers exiles, this is his job. He needs to work harder for the team on defense. But he could not have scored that goal if the team had not played well on defense. Of course we do not want to play on his exiles whether they are important or not, also the exiles of hacking and hozaz end, all important, teamwork “.
Is Maccabi back in the championship race? “Wait, we have a few days to relax, after that we will see what we do in the future.”
