Karanka: "Frustrating result, we were much better than them" - Voila! sport

Summary of the 1:1 match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa (Sport1)

After coming out of their mini-crisis and recording two consecutive victories over Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv hoped to complete a double victory over the arch-rival Maccabi Haifa.

She dominated the first half and took the lead with a goal by Jovanovic.

But in the second half the greens took control of the game and Abdulai Sak did justice and made it 1:1 in Bloomfield.

Maccabi Tel Aviv, who defeated the Greens 0:3 in perhaps their best game of the season in the previous meeting, wanted to win again and perhaps narrow the gap to their opponent to seven points, but in the end they did not deserve more than a draw in this game.

broke up without a decision.

Cranka and Bacher (Photo: Ariel Shalom)

Karanka concluded: "The result is frustrating, we were much better than the opponent. We did everything, but they scored a corner in the only situation they came in. I am satisfied with the players, in my opinion we were better throughout the game. I don't remember one situation of Maccabi Haifa except the goal."

The coach added: "I'm satisfied with the commitment and effort of the players, and with the fact that we're improving every game. The fight for the championship? We have an important game against Hapoel Beer Sheva and that's the only thing I'm thinking about."

Eran Zahavi said about losing the advantage: "It's frustrating, but it's important that we played a good game - especially in the first half. We played football that the crowd liked to see and we also enjoyed it. In the second half, they pushed all the offensive tools. We conceded in a stationary situation, it's a bit naive on our part."

Zahavi continued: "We are a very home team and not only Maccabi Haifa is having a hard time here. We really want to keep it. It's a shame we didn't manage to win, it would have given us a boost and a bit of a leg up for Maccabi Haifa."

On the team: "I watched as a fan, I always want the team to succeed. I'm dealing with what's important right now and that's Maccabi Tel Aviv."

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