Betar Jerusalem coach before Bnei Yehuda on Thursday (20:00): "There are 9 more points in the box office.
We do not have time to lower our heads but only to look ahead "• Krieff, who will make his 200th appearance for the team:" We should respect the shirt we wear "
Slobodan Drapic
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Photo: Betar Jerusalem - the official website
After the losses to Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Tel Aviv, Betar Jerusalem will host Bnei Yehuda tomorrow (Thursday, 20:00) for a rematch from the 19th round of the Premier League.
The Jerusalemites must win to keep a chance of getting into the top playoffs and avoid getting entangled at the bottom.
"We've been through unpleasant things the last two games," coach
Slobodan Drapic said
at the pre-match press conference.
"It is no longer possible to know if it is a week or a game because we play every three days, so we do not have time to lower our heads but just look ahead and look only at the good points."
The coach added: "Before these two games we had good games against Beer Sheva, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Acre and Netanya and we also brought points. We want to look at this period and also believe that we can play football better than we have played in the last two games and with optimism we look forward".
Drapich continued: "There are three more games and another 9 points at the box office and we want to think as high as possible, do not forget that we also have a trophy in the quarterfinals against Ashdod, so we are looking very seriously at these four games."
On the physical and mental difficulty lately: "First of all we have never been in a situation like this, so this is the first time both me and other coaches to be in Corona and play every two days and our players are not used to these things and we see the symptoms. There are a lot of tired injuries and with it We have to deal with it. We act on our instincts.
"We have no experience as coaches to deal with the corona like this, this is the first time we feel it in our flesh, only after that can we come and say all sorts of things what we got from the corona, what the pros and what are the cons."
Ophir Krieff
also spoke about the period: "There is no doubt that in such a profession especially in the season we are going through these are not simple moments, but as Slobo said, every three days we have a game, so we do not have too much time in victories to be too happy and after losses Too sad. "
Krieff added: "Tomorrow we have a game that is as important to us as any game. We represent something here, a club the size of Betar Jerusalem that is something big and powerful, we have to respect the shirt we wear.
We have to come tomorrow to give a job, to run 90 minutes, to do the maximum that every player will feel that he has exhausted his ability that day, with God's help I hope we will achieve a good result. "
Krieff will make his 200th appearance in the Betar Jerusalem uniform, referring to this: "This is something that as a teenager you start playing in Betar you can only dream of, it is definitely something very exciting for me. I hope more home players will grow and mark such performances and even More, Aviel, Padida Uziel, Dego, Or, and Michael, I wish they would come to many performances in Betar uniforms.
I wish I could deal with it and rejoice in it, but I have a more important goal tomorrow to help the team bring in three points, and then the celebration will be perfect. "