Maccabi Tel Aviv simply cannot generate momentum. After the 1: 3 over Hapoel Haifa, the runner-up returned to disappointment and in a big way, with a 1: 1 home win against Hapoel Nof Hagalil. The interim coach, Barak Itzhaki, Spoke at the end of the confrontation.
“We were inaccurate, I think we were dragged to the pace of their game and it’s a pity, we did not deserve to win here. We just did not play well, “said Yitzhaki at the end.” Such periods happen in football, it is an unpleasant period for all of us. We conceded the most goals, this is something that can not happen at Maccabi Tel Aviv, we will have to work even harder to improve it, because if we continue to play like this, it is not Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Yitzhaki: We did not deserve to win today
Has Maccabi Tel Aviv lost the way: “It is true that we are measured by results, but there is a strong club here with a way that has not changed from what it was in previous years. To get out of these situations you have to work hard, there is no other way. Such games are not acceptable, certainly not on me. We need to know how to take points in games like this and we did not do it, too bad. The crowd comes here to watch good football, we do not do it and it happens, we are not the only team that does not play well and the crowd responds, not only in Israel. “They are right, what can I say?”
Tal Ben Haim, Winning a second game in a row, he said: “It is clear that like ours as players, the management, the fans, we all have a painful situation for the team. At this given time there is nothing to deny it, we are not good enough, we did not deserve to win today, there are games that need to look in the mirror and tell the truth. “
On his personal ability and return to fitness: “The day we do such a result at home and send our audience home disappointed, I really do not find it appropriate to talk about the fitness I am in because it is irrelevant. Even if I had scored a hat-trick and had not won I would have answered the same answer. “Obviously I’m happy to be back in shape, but as a result it’s unimportant.”
What to do ahead of the game against Betar Jerusalem: In the end we are Maccabi Tel Aviv, there are a lot of players here with experience, the older players will have to pick up the younger ones and what is good about this schedule is that the next game is close and we can forget the game This and that is our goal. “
On the other hand, the Galilee Landscape Coach, Yaron Hochnaboim He said at the end: “We have players with excellent character, I keep telling them that you can go to street fights with them and today they have proven it. I think in Sakhnin we fell for nonsense, because we were good. Today we went out from the beginning of the game to press, at a certain point we already ran out of power and we saw that the qualities of Maccabi Tel Aviv do not allow it, especially after the injury of Habibullah, we have a game every four days so we folded back. “
The coach added: “Even if Maccabi Tel Aviv is not in its most successful season, it is still Maccabi Tel Aviv and this is not a team at our level. How do you maintain the ability for the sequel against Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Beer Sheva? We always believe, as evidenced over the years, both I as a coach and all the sub-teams have proven that every game is on its own, we will make a kind of rotation in the following games. “
Wahib Habibullah, Who scored his first goal in the Premier League, said at the end: “For us it is a blessing, we need every point and in games like this to get points is great for us. I’m happy with the gate, it’s an amazing feeling. Against Sakhnin, I think we could have won the game in the first half, but we look from game to game and hope to get everything we can out of every game. “
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