Didn’t we beat Maccabi Haifa? The gap is 10 points

Maccabi Tel Aviv tonight (Monday) ended 1:1 with Maccabi Haifa in the season’s game and maintained the 10 point gap from the Greens, when this is another step on the way to the title. At the end of the match, the yellows were furious about the incident in which Lior Rafalov attacked Enrik Savorit.

Maccabi Tel Aviv said: “It is not clear how the VAR did not intervene in the incident with Rafalov. They can’t intervene on red? What Rafalov did to Dor Peretz in the same move after which he pushes Saborit was much more serious.’

Robbie Keane said at the end of the game: “In the first half we were better and in the second they were, so the draw reflects. We started very well, in the second half they looked better. They had more to lose so they had to go for it. We could have kept the ball better and not looked for long balls so much.”

“We lost Juris who is a key player, but I told the players that they showed team spirit, they put their bodies at risk and that’s what brings titles in the end. It’s a passion, and that’s why there are quality players who are worth a lot of money. Nothing is given as a gift in football, you have to work on it and we work hard.”

“The players are only human, it’s natural to have pressure on them. Gabi Kanikowski was very good throughout the season and showed that he can be put in any position on the field, so I decided to move him to Juris’s position. The thinking behind placing Dan Beaton in midfield was that he always knew how to find those little pockets between the defensive lines. We asked Gabi and Dor Peretz to play in one line and Madan to play about 10, why wouldn’t it look like that on the grass? I don’t know, we need to see the game again and analyze.”

“I think Aden entered the game well and after the injury of Juris he will have more significant minutes in the remaining 8 games, and I think that Eyal Golsa will also have a role to play in the games we have left until the end. The “movie” is not over, we need to finish it. We have eight games to do it.”

On the fact that his team did not beat Maccabi Haifa this season in 90 minutes: “They won three championships in a row, we lead them by ten points. Will the result change my attitude? No, I haven’t changed it all season and I won’t change it now either. I’m thinking about our next game and not about the next game against Maccabi Haifa.”

Listen to the podcast for the game summary: