The Maccabi Tel Aviv star is happy with the victory in the Europa League over Karbah (0: 1), but the Yellows' head is already in the game of returning to the league
Yonatan Cohen in front of the Karbah goalkeeper.
"We have to go up the level every year"
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Ami fat
The 0: 1 victory that Maccabi Tel Aviv achieved yesterday against Karbah, in the opening round of the home stage of the Europa League, raised the belief in the club that this year it may be possible to finish in second place at home, but at the moment the Yellows' head is already in the league game on Sunday against Hapoel
"We did not start the season properly. We lost too many points in the league for this stage of the season, we have no time for mistakes and we come to beat BS," said Jonathan Cohen, who added, "Teams come to us with over motivation to beat us or make it difficult for us." .
Cohen added: "The year has just started and it is not going to be easy. We have to raise our level every year. We do not have to prove anything to any team. We have to regain the confidence and the points lost back to us."
Maccabi were pleased with the ability the team showed after not holding a game for three weeks, but mainly with the return of the players who got stuck in Corona and came back to themselves, like Dor Peretz, who was the best on the field, Dan Glazer, Enrique Saborit, and of course Yonatan Cohen, who scored the winning goal.
"I grew up in the club and it's great fun to come with the team to combine European houses and score a winning goal, but the whole team worked well, Karbah barely got into situations against us," said Cohen.
On the method of three brakes in Europe compared to two in the league, Cohen said: "We are professional players and players in our team need to know how to play several roles. I think both methods are suitable for the team and everyone knows how to play them."
Cohen also referred to the incident he had with Nick Blackman after the loss to Maccabi Petah Tikva, which was dragged into the locker room: "I forgot about this incident already.
There was a penalty and in my character I like to take responsibility, so I wanted to take the penalty like I kicked last year.
Blackman also wanted to kick and there was a slight argument between us, but as soon as the coach decided who was kicking I left the place.
It's a pity he missed, but we moved on. "
