The Maccabi Haifa coach showed cautious optimism ahead of the Champions League playoff match against Tottenham tomorrow in London: "In football, anything is possible. We will try to step up."
Barak Bachar.
"Let's play our football"
Photography:
Maor Alexelsi
Maccabi Haifa held its press conference tonight (Wednesday) ahead of the game against Tottenham in London (tomorrow, 22:00).
The press conference was attended by the team's coach Barak Bachar and captain Neta Lavi.
Even before commenting on the game, club general manager Assaf Ben Dov asked for permission to speak and apologized for the defiant video of team-mate Muhammad Abu Fani towards Tottenham star Harry Kane: “Last week one of our players spoke inappropriately towards a rival player.
"Our club does not accept any kind of behavior and we apologize to Tottenham and Harry Kane."
Bachar later started talking about the game and said: "We have reached a very respectable position, the playoff stage of the Europa League. From stage to stage the level goes up, the teams are stronger. There is nothing to talk about Tottenham, but we also raised the level and in football anything is possible. We will play our football. And step up. "
The English media asked Bachar about Abu Fani's video and he clarified: "I do not know what it will give Tottenham. In the end we are dealing with football and it will not be personal on the pitch."
On the match against Jose Mourinho, the green coach said: "I have a lot of respect for Mourinho. His name goes before him, but I concentrate on the game, we have our goals and we will try to step up."
The English journalists asked Bachar about Tottenham's game load this week and the coach said: "I do not think it will give us an advantage. They have made a lot of changes and I have no doubt they will come up with the strongest squad. We are preparing for it. We have a very difficult game ahead. "Weakness. We are in a good stage of progress. We will come to give pride to our fans and our country and do everything to win."
Captain Neta Lavie added: "One of our goals is to show that we deal with our things. We prepare in the best way, as for any game, and we will try to do our best. Obviously we dream. We came here with the goal of doing our best, we did not come here for a trip."
