Krestajic: "Ben Haim as a defender? Crazy, but when players have a character it is possible"

The coach also praised Juvanovic: "He came here to score, but he needs to work harder for the team on defense."

Serbian striker: "Maccabi Tel Aviv always wants a championship"

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07/03/2022

Monday, 07 March 2022, 22:48

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The 1: 3 summary of Maccabi Tel Aviv over Betar Jerusalem (Sports 1)

Six consecutive victories in the league, six points from the top of the table: Maccabi Tel Aviv continued tonight (Monday) with the positive momentum with 1: 3 over Betar Jerusalem, which put it in a good position in the top fights one round to end the regular season. Verja Juvanovic beat the Jerusalemites with two goals in five minutes, and after Richmond Boachi shrank and pressed the Yellows a little, Matan Hozaz closed a deep story in extra time.

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Sixth consecutive victory.

Krasteich (Photo: Ariel Shalom)

Coach Mladen Krestajic said at the end: "Every victory and game is important, congratulating the players who gave the maximum on the pitch, as well as the fans, the atmosphere is very positive. We deserved to win, we dominated the game in the first half. "We may have been confused for a while, but in general it was a good game."

The Serb made an unconventional substitution when he placed winger Tal Ben Haim as a right-back: "The decision on Tal may have been crazy, but when there are players with that character it is possible. With him as a right-back there were more good things on the offensive side. "There are actors with character."

Regarding Georgia Juvanovic, who has scored his fifth goal since arriving in Israel, his coach said: "Juvanovic came here to score, it's his job. He should work harder for the team on defense. He could not have scored the goal if the team did not Would have played well enough on defense.

Continues to perforate nets.

Juvanovic (Photo: Ariel Shalom)

The second goal scorer, Georgia Juvanovic, said at the end: "The goal I scored was very good, I did not score many goals like that but it happened to me. I kicked and managed to send the ball where I wanted. It was a great goal, obviously. I would not say "I am the best striker in Israel because it is a team sport, it is not tennis. Nothing is possible without my teammates and the whole team. I do not feel special, just part of the team, like everyone else. I am here to help Maccabi and make the fans happy."

On the game, the Serb said: "We were better, we had situations in the first half and we could not win. In the second half Stepa Fritza scored a beautiful goal and then I scored. The most important thing in football is to take advantage of your situations and score. Maccabi Tel Aviv always wants a championship as the biggest club in Israel. "We are six points below Maccabi Haifa and we only look at ourselves. Now we have Hapoel Hadera out and I believe that if we think game after game we can do beautiful things."

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