After they lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv this evening (Saturday), it seems that in Bnei Sakhnin the main point of interest was pointed in a different direction - referee David Foxman.
The man with the whistle disallowed two goals for the home team, but this is a claim of unfair treatment.
The chairman of the team, Muhammad Abu Younes, attacked: "Today it was not Maccabi Tel Aviv that beat us, but the referee. How many do we have to score for one goal? Against Maccabi Haifa, the one who gave the ball away was different, the referee celebrated with Maccabi Haifa and the one who sent him away was The judges' union. Every time they send him to us, we disqualified him and he came back and made us a school again."
On the calls from the VAR: "I don't believe in these performances, it's one big performance, I don't believe it. I have an excellent team that could have given a fight, the second time the referee has done the same thing to us. He disallowed both goals, look, he was not different. How many goals should be scored in a game? 5-6? The referees' union made a big mistake, we will send a letter again. We don't want him to come here and referee our games."
Frustration in Sakhnin, photo: Maor Alxalsi
The coach of the yellows, Vladimir Ivic, said at the end: "We can be satisfied with the three points, not with the game. We started the game very well, we controlled the pace and created some situations, but then we lost our confidence and the center of the field. Sometimes on such grounds you have to win and we did That, and I can be satisfied with that. I think that maybe this is the first game this season that we won and we didn't deserve to win, maybe we deserved to win in Ashdod and we got a draw from there."
Ivic was asked what the problems were and answered: "I can analyze now. It's easier when you see the game after, more clearly, what the problems were. I don't want to talk now because I'm not 100% sure what happened the whole game, we have to continue ".
Vladan Ivitch.
Has the victory arrived?, Photo: Maor Alxalsi
The coach was asked if he is still looking for his 11, and replied: "Most of them have played before, maybe I started now with 3-4 new players, because they played on Monday and I tried to do something different, it's not that I'm asking them to play in a different role. We're working On fixing the character, we have a lot of things to change game by game."
Maor Kandil, who scored the winning goal, explained why it took him a while to celebrate: "In the derby I celebrated, and too many people laughed at me for celebrating before time and the goal was disallowed. That's why I waited, and I'm glad they approved. In the first 10 minutes we played well and then it was more difficult , many will lose points here. It was a difficult game, we showed character and that's what matters. Sakhnin is an excellent team, it was difficult for us and it can happen. There are pitches where you lose points, we showed character and determination and I'm happy that I won and that we won."
Maor Kandil.
The pressure was released, photo: Maor Alxalsi
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