The Maccabi Tel Aviv coach concluded after the loss to Shakhtar: "Players did not believe we could score" • Dor Peretz: "Unlucky to get into so many situations without scoring" • Manor Solomon: "Not happy with my performance.
Eighth-finals?
Prefers a comfortable lottery and not a big name "
Van Leven.
"Disappointed that we did not score"
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Reuters
Maccabi Tel Aviv finished its European campaign tonight (Thursday) after 1: 0 to Shakhtar Donetsk, and 3: 0 in the sum of the two games.
Coach
Patrick Van Leven
said after the game in Kiev: “I am disappointed because we did not score a goal.
We had a good performance, we created situations but did not win, hence the disappointment.
At certain moments players did not believe we could score.
We had some good situations and good levels.
Players need to know how to take advantage of situations and score.
Our goal was to make it as difficult as possible for them and make them look bad, that was our job.
We had a chance to equalize to 1: 1 in the first game and we did not take advantage of it, today we were much closer to scoring even 3 goals, I believed we could win. "
Dor Peretz,
who provided a great game and his goal was disqualified by the referee: “We also look at the result and not just the ability.
There was only a lack of scoring and there was bad luck and concentration, but this is a great campaign and we are glad we got this far.
I can say that after a good first half we felt it was possible to score, but again, there was bad luck because against such a team to get into so many situations and not score, it will obviously be punished.
"I think their players are at the highest level I have played against, but physically we felt equal today in the struggles, unfortunately it was not reflected in the result."
Does the good ability in Europe give the feeling that Maccabi is a favorite in the league?
"To feel the best you have to get better in every game and training and that has to be expressed solely in the results," Peretz said.
On the other side,
Manor Solomon
, who was not at his peak and was replaced by Castro in the half, said: "I am not satisfied with my performance, in general with my last performances I am less satisfied. "Because I did not get to play as a child in Bloomfield, he was in renovations, and then we came with a big team to play on this exciting field. It was a great privilege."
The Israeli was asked who he would like to meet at the next stage and replied: "I did not look at the teams, but we want a comfortable lottery and not necessarily a big name. Big names we meet all the time, and we want to reach the final."