The three goals of Maccabi Tel Aviv against Hapoel Jerusalem (Sport 1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv came to Teddy tonight (Tuesday) under a lot of pressure, but came out of it with some air to breathe.
The Yellows returned to looking like candidates for the championship, defeating Hapoel Jerusalem 0:3 and narrowing the gap from Maccabi Haifa to one point, at least temporarily.
Djorja Jovanovic made up for his misses when he broke through the net (40), Eran Zahavi doubled with a nice free kick (64), and Eyal Golsa put the icing on the cake (68).
Vladan Ivić's team will hope to continue the momentum when they meet Hapoel Haifa on Saturday, hoping to go into the break on a good note.
Ziv Aryeh's team with a second consecutive loss and a third in its last four games, which will allow Hapoel Hadera to stick with it in fourth place.
Vladan Ivic arrived more nervous than usual for the end-of-match interview, and seemed charged due to the interview with his assistant Milos Vaslinovic after Saturday's disappointing draw with Ness Ziona.
"My assistant told you on Saturday that we don't agree with what you said, that this is the worst Maccabi team in the last two or three years... If you believe it, when we created 15 situations, you are good at analyzing the game," said Ivić, who from that moment very briefly answered the questions
When asked what the differences were between the convincing victory tonight and the 1:1 on Saturday, he replied: "There was no big difference today between today and Saturday."
When asked if he was satisfied with the players he included in the lineup, he said: "Yes."
Finally, when asked if he did not want to be interviewed, he said: "I decide how I answer," and abandoned the position.
Watch the nervous interview
Watch: Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Vladan Ivitch is nervous in the interview after the game (Sport 1)
loaded than usual.
Ivitch (Photo: Danny Maron)
On the other hand, the losing coach Ziv Aryeh concluded by saying: "We couldn't start with our usual lineup, due to all kinds of constraints. We tried something different. We knew Maccabi would come hungry and predatory, we didn't react to it that well. Their transitions were easy, we somehow managed to reach the 40th minute 0:0 and then we conceded a soft goal. It's a shame. We started the second half well and then conceded a stupid second goal. We got a little discouraged after the second goal, conceded again and it's over. It's not mental, it's a matter of football. Maccabi has more tools , we were unable to respond to the things they did. With all due respect to the season and what we are doing, Maccabi Tel Aviv is still a challenge for us.
On Hapoel Jerusalem's position at the top: "I have no idea who inflated our balloon, I never said we were a top team.
You inflated a balloon and can also blow it up, I have no problem.
Hapoel Jerusalem wants to move forward and play positive football, not to be where it was last season.
That's what we declared, that's what we wanted."
Goni Naor added: "We tried a certain game plan and it didn't work. We changed and had some good minutes, but the second goal kind of ruined the plan. There's nothing we can do, we'll move on. I don't think there was a breakdown. We kept playing and tried to get back into the game, unfortunately it didn't happen, But we didn't break down and we didn't give up. There is no time for crises and euphoria, we are facing Raina."
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