After three easy victories in the first three rounds of the Premier League over Bnei Raina, Hapoel Hadera and Ironi KS, Maccabi Tel Aviv was held to a disappointing 0:0 draw against MS Ashdod at the HA Stadium this evening (Saturday). The Yellows dominated the game but did not They managed to subdue Yoav Jarfi when Eran Zahavi missed a penalty for the guest in the 14th minute.
Zahavi took responsibility for the result and said after the game: "I slipped and it was unlucky. If I had scored the game would have been much easier. The responsibility is on me, but there is a very long league. It is very difficult to play against a team that defends in its own half with many players. We could have scored, but Today we didn't do that. We will take the good things and fix the less good things and it will be fine. So far in the last three games we have found solutions."
Vladan Ivitch, coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv, added: "We knew it would be a tough game against a tough opponent.
We expected them to play with a lot of players behind the ball.
I think in the first half we created situations and were better, but you can't be satisfied with the result and parts of the game, because there were parts where something was missing in the movement without the ball.
We need to improve it.
We tried to create something different, to kick from a distance.
It's hard when they defend and only play on breakouts.
We didn't score and have to settle for a point."
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