Vladan Ivitch: "I don't understand Pritza, I didn't expect him to do something like that"
The Maccabi Tel Aviv coach on the striker who took off for Liège without permission: "I never had a problem with him, I'm very surprised."
On Zahavi ahead of the game against Hadera (Monday, 20:15, Sport2): "He didn't start in Nice because he wasn't 100 percent fit."
Van Overeem will be absent
Yaniv Tuchman
08/28/2022
Sunday, August 28, 2022, 6:00 p.m
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Cycle 2
20:15
29/08/2022
Hapoel Hadera
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Maccabi Tel Aviv
Summary: Nice - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0:2 (Sport1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv still hasn't fully recovered from the loss to Nice on Thursday that ended their way in the Conference League qualifiers, but tomorrow (Monday, 8:15 p.m.), Sport2 will show up for an away game against Hapoel Hadera as part of the second round of the Premier League.
Midfielder Joris van Overeem, who was injured in Nice, will be absent from the game.
Tonight, Maccabi Tel Aviv held the press conference before the game, in which coach
Vladan Ivitch said
: "We have to be professionals and think only about the next game. I would say the same thing even if we were to beat Nice, for him every game is very important. Whoever starts tomorrow Or sitting on the bench should be ready to play."
Ivić was also asked what he could have done differently against Nice to at least drag the game to penalties: "We met a very high-quality opponent, the strongest in the qualifying stages. We also received the most difficult draw against Aris. This is the draw and you have to know how to deal with reality. I think we did A very good job in Nice, especially in the first half where they almost didn't create any chances, but we conceded a goal that we shouldn't have conceded. As soon as they had a player sent off it crossed my mind that we should try to score and maybe not wait for penalties, but we met a very quality opponent and she scored an outstanding goal - With us the ball hit the crossbar and went out, with them it hit and went in and sometimes that's what makes all the difference."
Build a team for a European season.
Ivitch (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
On the desire to get stronger: "We prepared ourselves for the European season, that was our main goal. We have a quality squad and the players have to show me on a daily basis that they deserve to play. Most of them have played and will continue to play. If we find a quality player who can help us? Everything is open. We We are thinking of strengthening by 2-3 positions and the transfer window here is longer than in Europe and we will see what happens, but our existing squad is sufficient and provides us with the necessary qualities."
On Stipa Fritza: "I don't understand his decision, it's a big surprise for me because I know him. He's a Maccabi Tel Aviv player and like all of us, he has to be committed to the club and act according to the club's requirements. We're in the biggest club in Israel and we can't not act according to The demands of the club. What will happen now? I don't know, it's between the club and the player. I never had a problem with him, not even at the previous club. He scored a lot of goals last season and proved to be a quality player, I'm very surprised by him and it's strange to me. I didn't expect to talk such a"
On Eran Zahavi: "He helped us a lot in the last few games. In Nice he didn't start because he was a little sick the days before and couldn't train at one hundred percent."
Even before Ivić, defender Enrik Savorit also spoke to the media
:
"We played well against Nice and fought until the end, but we met the best team since I arrived at Maccabi Tel Aviv. It's disappointing because we had a chance to qualify. We have a good and deep squad to prepare for every game Like for the final, because we want to win the championship. We are ready for the game against Hadera and we will prepare for this game like we prepared against Bnei Rayna and like for the games against Nice."
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Trivia
* Maccabi Tel Aviv conceded only one goal to Po'el Hadera in the 10 meetings in the Premier League (nine wins and another 0:0) and has not lost to them in the league since the 3:1 in December 1977.
* The only time the two met in the second round was in 1973/74 , then Dror Bar Noor made it 0:1 in favor of the Yellows in Bloomfield.
At the end of that season, Maccabi Tel Aviv finished as runner-up (to Maccabi Netanya) and Hapoel Hadera managed to survive in the top league.
* Vladan Ivic has not yet lost a game in the regular season in the Premier League.
His only two losses as coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv were in the playoffs, when in 53 regular league games (two seasons) his balance stands at 40 wins and 13 draws.
* Still, in his previous two years in Israel, Ivić was unable to win in the second round.
The last time Maccabi Tel Aviv started a season with 6 from 6 was in 2016, with Shota Arbaldza on the lines.
Premier Soccer League 2022/23
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Urban Kiryat Shmona
2
1
1
0
1-3
4
2
Maccabi Tel Aviv
1
1
0
0
0-5
3
3
Maccabi Haifa
1
1
0
0
1-4
3
4
Bnei Sakhnin
1
1
0
0
0-2
3
5
Hapoel Haifa
1
1
0
0
0-2
3
6
tax.
Ashdod
1
1
0
0
0-1
3
7
Maccabi Netanya
2
1
0
1
5-5
3
8
Hapoel Jerusalem
2
0
2
0
2-2
2
9
Hapoel Hadera
1
0
1
0
1-1
1
10
Hapoel Beer Sheva
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
11
Beitar Jerusalem
1
0
0
1
4-1
0
12
Ness Ziona section
2
0
0
2
3-0
0
13
Hapoel Tel Aviv
2
0
0
2
4-0
0
14
Maccabi Bnei Reina
1
0
0
1
5-0
0
Second round games:
Saturday, 18:00: Kiryat Shmona Municipal - Hapoel Jerusalem
Saturday, 19:15: Hapoel Tel Aviv - Bnei Sakhnin (Sport2)
Saturday, 20:00: Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi Netanya (Sport4)
Saturday, 20:15 : MS
Ashdod - Section Nes Ziona
Sunday, 19:15: Maccabi Bnei Rayna - Hapoel Haifa (Sport3)
Sunday, 20:15: Beitar Jerusalem - Hapoel Beer Sheva
Monday, 20:15: Hapoel Hadera - Maccabi Tel Aviv (Sport2)
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