Krestajic: "Disappointed that they did not announce that I was continuing, felt that I was on a test"

The Maccabi Tel Aviv coach was asked about his future before the games against Hapoel Beer Sheva in the league and the state cup and admitted: "I and the team are not happy, I talked about it with people at the club. Everyone tells me I should stay, even the fans, it's a tiring situation."

Yaniv Tuchman

14/04/2022

Thursday, April 14, 2022, 9:30 p.m.

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Summary: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Maccabi Haifa 1: 1 (Sport 1)

Maccabi Tel Aviv is still without a win in the top playoff.

After a draw against Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Netanya in the first two rounds, on Monday Mladen Krastic and his players hosted Maccabi Haifa and were very close to their first victory after a month, but an equalizer by Charon Sherry in the 93rd minute made it 1: 1 in Bloomfield and thus probably ended The dream of the Yellows' championship.

Maccabi Tel Aviv's next task will be on Sunday in the Negev capital, where it will host Hapoel Beer Sheva for the first of two games in three days - first in the league and on Wednesday the teams will meet at Bloomfield Stadium in the State Cup semi-finals.

Dan Glazer, who has nine yellow cards, will be absent from the game in three days.

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Still feel they are on test.

Krasteich (Photo: Official Website, Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Krasteich commented this morning on the game against Maccabi Haifa and especially on the goal the team conceded in extra time: "If we had scored another goal, we would not have been in this situation. It happened in the game and unfortunately we conceded in the 93rd minute, that's all. "I still think he is a quality goalkeeper and stands behind my words that he is the best goalkeeper in Israel and should be the goalkeeper of the Israeli national team. Do not forget that he saved us in a lot of games. He has all my support, the team and the people at the club."

Three draws in the top playoff: "We did great things before the playoffs, we only lost to Maccabi Haifa, we were in a winning streak and of course it's not a given. It was very difficult and the players did it and proved they have the required qualities, and of course we believed we would achieve good results I still believe in it. I think we played very good football and unfortunately we did not win these three games, but we got into a lot of situations. As a player and now as a coach, I always do my best to win the next game. We played against the best team in Israel right now, but my players proved they can To play at a high level and not just in this game, but in all the games. "

When asked about his future at Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Serb surprised: "I can not say that there is no disappointment for me and the team. I had conversations with people at the club, but I think in everything we did on and off the field - me and my team - we proved we did the necessary You have to be successful. I have to be honest and say that we are not happy about it and I feel that we are still on the test. Everyone says I should stay at Maccabi Tel Aviv, even fans I meet. I am already tired of talking about this. I am a simple guy and we will give everything "Even if we do not stay, we will leave Israel in a good way."

Support from the coach and staff.

Daniel Peretz (Photo: Ariel Shalom)

The brakeman Joshua Se also showed up for the press conference even before Krasteich: "I have been training in recent weeks and I feel good. In football we have to wait for opportunities and I am ready. Against Maccabi Haifa we deserved to win, we played well, but in football we have to know the hard moments and we will "To correct the mistakes we made so that they do not happen again in the future. We are now focusing on the league and it is true that we will meet the same team twice this week, but we only focus on the next game and look at it as a final because we want to try to get around them."

Se, who was loaned from Ludogorets in the January window, was asked about his time so far in Israel: "I enjoy football here, I think it is more similar to the style in Portugal than in Bulgaria. There are competitive teams here, the club and the people received me well and well in Israel. In a good way and we'll see what happens next season.We still have goals to meet, individually and as a team,

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