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Aitor Karanka: "All the pressure is on Maccabi Haifa, they have more to lose" | Israel today

2023-01-22T08:49:28.419Z


The coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv spoke before this season's game: "The story will be over if we lose? I left home at the age of 15, losing is not something for me." Gloch? I don't know what will happen" • Saborit: "I don't think about the mistake I had in the previous game against them"


Alongside the preparations for the critical match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, the preoccupation with Kiryat Shalom is of course surrounding the expected move of Oscar Gloch to the Red Bull Salzburg team. 

Coach Aitor Karanka was asked this morning (Sunday) to address the issue at the press conference ahead of tomorrow's season game against Maccabi Haifa: "We will have to be 150% ready for tomorrow's game. I don't know anything about what's happening around me, I haven't talked to Oskar Gloch now. I don't know What will happen. Will this be Oscar's last game? I don't know what will happen in ten minutes, so certainly not in 24 hours. I can only control things that I have control over. Oscar will be in the squad tomorrow."

Karanka was asked if his team is under pressure before the game and if he agrees that a loss to the Greens will seal the fate of the championship: "I don't agree that the pressure is on us, I think all the pressure is on Maccabi Haifa because they have much more to lose. Will the story be over if we lose? I left home At the age of 15, losing is not something for me."

Defender Enrik Saborit also commented on the situation with Oscar Gloch and said: "I don't know Hebrew and Oscar doesn't know English that much, it's a matter for him and the club. We players are only focused on the game. We prepared all week for this game and we'll come and take the 3 points."

Saborit and Lucassen.

The Dutchman will not play because of a red, photo: Alan Shiver

Saborit continued: "During life we ​​make mistakes and I don't think about the mistakes I made six months ago, only how to help my team. I don't think about the mistake I had in the previous game against Maccabi Haifa. I think Maccabi Haifa are favorites in this game because they are in first place and we will have to prove ourselves in Bloomfield. The gap is 8 points and that is the situation. We are a strong team in Bloomfield and for us it is very important to take these points to win the championship."

Regarding the level of referees in Israel, Saborit said: "We players all need to improve and everyone always needs to improve. The referees sometimes make mistakes but I don't think we have bad referees in Israel, I don't have a bad opinion of them."

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Source: israelhayom

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