Maccabi Netanya's moment of truth.
After the draw in Turkey against Shakhsir, the Diamonds today (Wednesday) completed the preparations for the return match tomorrow.
Nearly 11,000 thousand spectators guaranteed their place in the game, a victory in which will send the yellow-blacks to the third qualifying round of the Conference League.
Coach Benny Lam and goalkeeper Itamar Nitzan held a press conference this evening ahead of the match.
"This is one of our most important games in recent years," said the coach, "Their budget - 84 million euros - says everything, but we come without worries, we don't look at the opponent."
Lem added: "We will continue with our style and the high pressure. I heard that in the 70th minute we no longer have physical fitness and why didn't we go back, but no one can guarantee me that we won't get three goals if we go back. We will play against Shakshier like we will play against Ness Ziona. I wish we could score another goal in the opening, but I hope we will not score one but two goals."
"If Netanya passes, it will be a sensation for everything," emphasized the coach.
"In order to pass Netanya, we have to shoot for it and we will do everything to pass. If we pass, it will be a tremendous achievement, but we have a very difficult game ahead of us. When they told me we might bring a player from the Turkish league, I would have said wow, so now we are playing against a team that won the championship there two years ago." .
Itamar Nitzan added: "If we didn't believe, we wouldn't have anything to come play for. It's clear that we believe it's possible to pass a stage. On paper, Shakshir is better, but we're Maccabi Netanya and we want to make a sensation."
Professionally, Netanya will miss the suspended Flamin Glavov and the injured Omri Gendelman.
Yuval Sde will take the place of the Bulgarian.
Liran Rothman is also suffering from an injury and it seems that Eric Barko will be replaced in the lineup
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