"The players gave battle, gave their soul, showed character, with ten players they presented a heroic defensive and tactical display", so say Maccabi Tel Aviv, who although lost yesterday (Thursday) to Ares Thessaloniki, but in summing up the two games they qualified for a stage, and are already starting to think about the game with Nice in the conference league playoffs.
Of course, the most praise went to the scorer of the goal, Eran Zahavi, "what he does is not normal", but the team praised many players who presented a great game such as Enrik Savorit, Nir Biton, Joris Van Over and Andre Giraldesh, who finally presented a high level game.
"After everything this referee did to us, sent Dan away, gave them a penalty, it was possible to fall apart, but the players played an amazing game of sacrifice", Maccabi concluded.
Savorit.
Received good words for his performance, photo: Maccabi Tel Aviv
Coach Vladan Ivić told about Zahavi: "I also told the Greek media. I have worked with many very good players in my career, but if we talk about Eran, he is a star. I have not seen many players who work like him. I am really happy that he is with us. It is not easy to play with 10 players Trailing 1:0 and playing like that for 30 minutes in this stadium and against an opponent with such a squad. If there is one thing we can take from this game - the character shown by the players."
The coach added: "I believe we could have played better in the first half. We created some chances but I expect the team to play the way we prepare for the game, but it is sometimes difficult against opponents who prepare accordingly. I am happy for the players especially for their reaction after we were down to 10 men And after Aris' goal. We have a lot of work to do to improve ourselves."
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