Summary of the 1:1 of Hapoel Haifa against Maccabi Tel Aviv (Sport1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv did not imagine opening the top playoffs when it is ten points away from the top, but this is the situation that Aitor Karanka found himself in who won only three times in the last nine rounds.
The Yellows will start the playoff stage with a home game in Bloomfield this Saturday (5:30 p.m., Sport2) against Maccabi Netanya, to whom they lost just a month ago.
Before the match against the Diamonds, coach Karanka appeared at the press conference and said: "When I arrived at the club I not only analyzed the squad, but also the situation, the season and previous seasons. I saw that the club did not win championships, so I realized that the problem was not only this season. I took the challenge, it is not Excuse but Oscar left and then the team is not at the level they expected. I have not seen any opponent that is better than us, in most of the games we lost it was because of personal mistakes. I have disappointed players, it means that they feel that the situation is not good. Here, unlike England, there is time for everything, to analyze games and opponents , to work in different ways."
The playoffs are underway.
Crank (Photo: Shlomi Gabai)
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Why did the team lose so many points?
"There was a change in the coaching staff, I didn't have time to get to know the players better, but that's not an excuse but a fact. I don't want to look at the past, but at the future. We need to be ready for Netanya, try to win and play as well as possible" on bringing Rarash Ilya
instead Oscar Gloch: "We don't need to think in retrospect about what we did because that's not how we'll fix things"
Was your decision to come to Maccabi Tel Aviv wrong: "Absolutely not, on the contrary. Every day here is a challenge, I'm learning a lot. It's an honor to come here, no I came for two and a half months but to put the team in its rightful place - at the top"
Thinking where will you be next season?
"We have two and a half months left in the season, cup semi-finals, it's a challenge for me and the players to win every game. At the end of the season we'll see where we are and we'll want to build with whoever wants to be here"
Dor Peretz, a Maccabi Tel Aviv player (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)
Dor Peretz added: "The type of game that takes place against Netanya is a difficult game. There is a lot of confusion and turnovers because they press very high. We have an orderly plan that the coach instills, we prepare differently than the previous game. As long as we do the things that he demands and that we need to do, I am sure that we will win . We are the first to be disappointed that we don't manage to win in more challenging games. We take responsibility, we need to show more character, win even in ugly games, at this stage of the season that is the most important."
Are you waiting for the season to end?
"I don't want the season to end. Even when the situation is challenging, there is a great learning here as players. We face challenging situations and here we are tested, not when everything is shiny and beautiful. Players are measured precisely when it is difficult, so I don't want the season to end, I want us to arrive at every game as prepared as possible."
"The club is important to everyone who takes part in it. The coach has been here for two months and I see how important the club is to him, how much he wants the best of the club. This situation is challenging, we would like to be in a different situation, but we need to get up from it and take responsibility, everyone in the club, and do the best to May the season end with a different flavor. The team goal - to be united and show how united we are even in challenging situations. To do our best, it starts with every training and warm-up and this is how it manifests itself in the games. This is the only way we will bring points in every game and show the real quality that is here
" make a revolution in the staff?
"With all due respect, as a player in this system I don't make decisions, it's not my job. They will see fit what to do, we have to do our best. If we don't act as a unit we can't move forward. We have to work for each other, receive the instructions from the coach and be precise them until the end. We need to prove ourselves first against Netanya and then we'll talk about a way and a run."
On the audience: "We are the biggest disappointed like the audience, it hurts our personal lives, we live it just like them. They expressed themselves as they feel is right, shout their cry, we do our best and accept from them what they feel. I don't can ask them how to express themselves"
"We disappointed and those who need to make amends, need to recover quickly from what happened, already from the day after. Show character, create pride and bring a sense of pleasure to the fans. 4,000 fans came to Haifa, at such a time and in such a situation it is not obvious, looking at them with pride ".
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