Satisfaction with Hapoel Tel Aviv after the 3:1 tonight (Tuesday) over Ness Ziona section in the final round of the group stage of the Toto Cup in an away game held at Petah Tikva Stadium. Case Ghanem, who scored in the 1:2 victory over Beitar Jerusalem on Saturday, starred again with a pair of goals (21 and -, when in between the stopper Stav Lemkin (23) doubled the Reds’ lead. Freddie Plomaine, the ex-guest, only reduced it to 3: 1 with a beautiful free kick in the second half.
Coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv Kobi Medicine: “We had a good first half until the substitutions, when everyone was getting ready. On Saturday, the league starts and that’s a completely different story. They tired us towards the end, and that’s what annoyed me. You have to know how to maintain the ability even when you’re leading 0:3.” On Case Ghanem: “Expatriates are counted in the league, not in the Toto Cup (just kidding) – but this confidence is very important for a striker. I’m happy for him. The main thing is that no one is injured and we finished the game safely.”
On the opening game of the league: “It’s a different story, it’s not the Toto Cup. We know exactly what we’re going for. The Toto Cup games are good preparation, but on Saturday it’s the real test.” On reinforcement: “You asked me and I say again – there will be a brake in Hapoel Tel Aviv.”
Eddie Gottlieb: “It was important for us to win, on Saturday there is a league game and that is the most important thing. We did a good preparation and we will come prepared. We feel good but sometimes in the Toto Cup we win and then in the league it looks different.” On the incident that led to his suspension: “It happens in the biggest families. We talked and closed everything, we opened a new page.” On the fact that the team is looking for a foreign stopper: “It does not affect me, we are also waiting for it, there is a long season and we need a good squad, I also think that a foreign stopper is missing.”
Nes Ziona section coach Nir Berkovich: “We didn’t start well, the first half was very bad, but I’m optimistic about the second half, which looked better. We need to get stronger, I believe in the team, the Toto Cup is over and now the real thing, we’ll come prepared.”
Regarding strengthening the team: “We’re looking for a striker, we won’t just bring someone in. It won’t be easy for us and it was clear from the beginning. We believe, if we don’t believe we won’t work in this job.” Berkovic confirmed that Stefan Ake, who tested during the summer with the team, signed until the end of the season.
The orange brake Nausea dew: “It was a difficult decision to go down to the National League, after a year I returned to the Premier League and that was the goal. Happy to play in front of a large crowd and to return to the main stage. We are a relatively new team, we had a good training camp. We must get stronger, whoever is good will play, Nes Ziona unequivocal Able to stay in the league.”