Maccabi Tel Aviv is very pleased with the victory yesterday (Monday) over Betar Jerusalem (1: 3), which brought them only six points away from the leader Maccabi Haifa, and without saying much, the Yellows believe that the battle for the championship is not lost.
The team's coach, Mladen Krastić, said of the victory: "We deserved it. We controlled the game. The players gave their maximum. We were together with a lot of positive energies. It is an important victory."
On the surprising placement of Tal Ben Haim as a right defender, he added: "This decision is 'crazy', but when you have players with character you can do things like that. Tal has character so we chose him. With him as a right defender we were more offensive."
Ben Haim (right).
A pleasant surprise in an unusual role, Photo: Alan Shiber
The coach also referred to the acquisition and the excellent scorer, Georgia Juvanovic, who stands on five goals in five games: "He came here because of the goals and to score them. That is his job."
But Krestić also did not spare the striker criticism: "He needs to work harder for the team in defense. He can not score if the team does not play well enough."
Juvanovic celebrates.
"I do not feel special," Photo: Alan Schieber
Juvanovic himself said of the beautiful goal he scored: "It was a special goal. Very good. I have not scored many goals like that."
He also knew how to comfort those who need it: "Nothing can happen without my teammates. I do not feel special, I am here to play for Maccabi and bring three points."
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