After five games without a win, Hapoel Tel Aviv will host Maccabi Netanya on Saturday (19:50) in the 13th round of the Premier League. Nir Klinger’s team will arrive after the 1: 1 with Hapoel Jerusalem, and the coach commented on the preparations for the game.
“I usually do not like to refer to players who are not,” he said Klinger On the wounded saga. “But what has been happening to us in the last month is an unimaginable plague of injuries and illnesses, I in my reply mostly speak to our fans, that we know how much they appreciate their importance and understanding of what is happening in the team. We need the fans with us in any situation, at any cost, because really the players and also we the team face a difficult problem, with such and such improvisations, it is never an excuse and it will not be an excuse, because we are Hapoel Tel Aviv and we have to adapt and deal with all Problem, sometimes things get complicated. ”
Klinger continued: “Today in training we have already started to feel the lack of too many players unfortunately, especially in the defensive part. There are those who have not returned yet and unfortunately there are those who are in doubt for the game and we will have to find the right team as we did last month, which was not a month saturated with points, but we played football except for the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv. It kind of put the system in a sense of not going, but we were already in crises and knew how to overcome. There is here in the locker room the correctness of the players and the team, they are alert and ready despite the difficulties and it really encourages me and makes me come and tell the fans that we are one hundred percent committed.
We are aware of the lack of points accumulation in the last month, but it is something we will overcome, I have no doubt. Certainly when players start returning our team will be a winning team and it will meet its goals, I’m sure of that. Can not say today who will return on Saturday, we lacked in training both Traora and Cienda Colo, Eddie Gottlieb did not train fully and neither did Lucio, but they are making signs of coming back. Do not know how much we can use them, I hope so. Doron Leidner is yet to return unfortunately. I really hope that some of them can come back, so that we can come with confidence and start the new episode of the season. “
The coach commented on the atmosphere of the players: “I am very confident in the team, it is very committed, the players are very cohesive, cohesive and alert and also motivated to satisfy the audience’s desire to rejoice with us.”
Klinger also talked about the last penalties that were burned for his team’s duty: “Of course two of the four penalties were not and were not created, this is my opinion and no one will convince me otherwise. VAR has its own way of life, whenever it chooses to decide this way it decides this way, I try as little as possible to deal with it, we have the duty to do less things that are even similar to Pendel because we see that we are whistled about everything and in an abnormal amount. That’s why we’re committed to being more careful, and we’ve talked about it with the defensive players and in general, on the other hand we come to so many opportunities and close to the goal and do not do things right. There I attach more importance to our improvement. There we need to get better, because we are a team that produces a lot of attacks. “
Ahead of the game against Netanya, Klinger said: “This industry is very dynamic, it ranges from euphoria to depression, unfortunately, my team is not in this place. This is my third year in this place, and I keep telling them ‘the last game happened, analyzing it, drawing lessons, it should not affect the next game’, and there we are. Raise your head and fight, easiest to raise your hands and be down, we will not do it. We come to win every game, and that’s what we’re done on Saturday. “Netanya is a strong rival, it has its DNA, we have ours, and we really come with full confidence in the players one hundred percent.”
The coach added: “Last year we were in a much deeper pit, this year we are still where we walked from third to fourth place. We had tough games, against Hapoel Jerusalem we had absolute superiority and we could not win. Happens. Do not put your head under the sand, but confront the problems and move forward. “Everyone is focused only on how to stick to the top, how to return to winning, how to return to being a team that feels good and gives its audience satisfaction both in ambition and in the war for every ball, and we always give our souls.”
On the appointment of Omar Boxenbaum to the position of professional director, Klinger said: “I always welcome any young guy who wants and can advance, I very much support this function of professional director, and it does not matter who the person is. Overall we have been cooperating for a third year. On the other hand, things that are talking about next year are really intangible at the moment. I think this is an important function and I have no problem with it, but things that are next season are for next season, so even so far I have not addressed it. At the moment it is important that Hapoel Tel Aviv believes in itself, it is an important and big club and we are aware of where we are, and even when there are less good times, we need to raise our heads and be strengthened together. “
Dan Einbinder He said: “When we do not win the mood goes down and alas if not, we take it hard especially when we disappoint our fans who come and support and the team is very important to them. We have to reach every game, really give the maximum, with a lot of passion, a lot of energy, a lot of fighting, of course we want the ability to be good, but sometimes you can win games even when the ability is less good, and that’s what we need in mind.
The contact added: “Obviously we are coming on Saturday against an opponent who plays at home, with a lot of good players. We learn the opponent, we learn from the mistakes we have made in recent games. We made some mistakes that we did not have to make, our own mistakes, which we also learn from and should be taken into account. “
The contact was asked if the team is in crisis: “I arrived in January last year when Hapoel was in last place, it seems to me that it was a crisis. Now it’s supposed to be a kids game, we had some pretty tough games, but throughout a lot of parts in all kinds of games we did play well. In the end, you have to win, especially with a lot of heart and soul. “
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