Drapitz: "We were fine, we gambled on the whole box office" | Israel today

Betar Jerusalem coach after the 1: 1 against Hapoel Tel Aviv: "We see that we lack playing ability" • Klinger: "We were more tactical. Our game plan worked"

• Slobodan Drapic and Shai Barda, tonight in Jaffa.

  Can I be satisfied?

  Photography: 

  Alan Shiver

After more than a month without an official game, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Betar Jerusalem met tonight (Saturday) in Bloomfield, a not particularly impressive game, which ended in a points distribution (1: 1).

The host took advantage of a borderline whistle from Reinschreiber to take the lead from a successful Altman penalty on the verge of the break (45), but Michael Ohana equalized in the 59th minute of the Premier League comeback game.

Nir Klinger tried to look at the half full glass: "I think there was a certain improvement in our game, we were more tactical in the 90 minutes. It is clear that in front of talented players like Betar in the front you have to play tactical. The game plan worked. The goal we got was disappointing." .

"Before the goal, I hoped we would hold another minute or two and I believed we could score the second because Betar abandoned the center of the field. We had situations towards the end. All in all, they let Betar move a ball in the back. But we did not make enough good passes. Anyway "It's just our first step."

On the other hand, Betar Jerusalem coach Slobodan Drapic made it clear that he is partially satisfied: "We are missing minutes of play, we are not yet in full shape.

There were parts of the game that I was happy with and there were parts that I liked less, but I think we had a fine performance.

"We bet on the whole box office and I am very pleased with the players who came in and the whole team. Everyone played just fine, we pressed. We need to get better and in the next games we will have to look better. We do not plan any change in the squad, we have a lot of great players."