A huge disappointment in Maccabi Tel Aviv tonight (Saturday), after only a 1:1 draw against Sektia Nes Ziona.
The Yellows with a second game in a row without a win, even though the opponent was at a numerical disadvantage for a long time (including injury time - about 68 minutes for 10 players, about 10 minutes for 9 players).
The suspended Vladan Ivic sat in the stands and watched his team constantly press, but could not decide.
At the end of the game, the Maccabi Tel Aviv players walked towards the stands to thank the fans and applaud them, but received whistles and boos, and went down to the dressing room.
The sports director Barak Itzhaki also heard the crowd calling against him.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv players (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
Milos Vaslinovich, who stood on the lines for Maccabi Tel Aviv in place of the removed Ivić, concluded: "This is a bad moment for us. We lost to Hapoel Beer Sheva and we had a chance to restore confidence, but unfortunately we did not succeed. If I have to choose one point of what It didn't work, it's the misses. I don't agree that we didn't play well, we created 7-8 excellent situations and you can't say it's bad. We missed a lot and that's the main thing. We were nervous because we didn't score, we talked about it at halftime. It's hard to find a rhythm when the opponent sends so much players into its extension, but this is not the first time something like this has happened in football."
Eran Zahavi concluded: "I would like to stand here and be interviewed after a victory. We got three points, we got into a lot of situations and the ball didn't go in. You absorb out of nowhere and start chasing. I don't want to make too many excuses, this is the result and it's a shame. There were a lot of balls in the area, a lot of halves Situations. It's a shame, what can we say? We gave everything, we pushed, it didn't work. I don't think that players who play for Maccabi Tel Aviv should be under pressure. We are professionals, we are paid to be here, what should interest us is only taking points, not the other teams About
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ability, Zahavi said: "I'm tired of hearing 'once' and 'once' and 'once'.
Release this 'once'.
If I had normal situations, it would have entered.
Half states can enter and can not.
Forget 'once upon a time'.
What's done is done.
We thought it would be easy and we were deceived.
Every game will be difficult, until the end of the season."
"Players who play for Maccabi Tel Aviv should not be under pressure."
Zahavi (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
Nes Ziona section coach, Nir Berkovich: "It's much more than a point, it's like a championship. To come here in front of 26,000 spectators, after an early expulsion and the 80th minute with nine players. It's unbelievable, a tremendous achievement for Nes Ziona. We saw a bunch of men here, I don't know how many kilometers they ran. They really deserve a big shot and it will give us a push to continue."
Berkovic added: "We have Reina on Wednesday and they sent away two good players who we will miss. Not easy, but these are the games that are our bread and butter - Wednesday Reina and after that Hadera. We will have to take points. We are a small team, it is not easy to deal with opponents Those with a lot of money and such a big audience. We collect a point and another point, we will be down until the end. I saw that there is a group of men here with whom it is possible to stay in the league."
The scorer of the goal, Yoni Stoyanov: "An exciting goal, my first goal of the season, I hope it opens me up to more goals. We deserve all the respect, we worked very hard. The boys did the job and we deserved a point. I think everyone is happy. We work hard in training, we We want points, not compliments."
"A tremendous achievement for Ness Ziona".
Nir Berkovich with his players at the end (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
Judge Shanir Levy commented on the expulsion of Muhammad Osman: "The first incident was a head-to-head fight that justified two yellow cards for me, but then Osman hit Dor Peretz in the face, aggravated the incident with a violent offense and it required a red card. I wasn't sure if it was Dor Peretz or Golsa, in any case it did not justify more than a yellow card. The VAR checked the whole incident and backed up the decision."
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