Summary of Maccabi Tel Aviv's 0:4 over Maccabi Petah Tikva/Sport1
Maccabi Tel Aviv trampled Maccabi Petah Tikva this evening (Saturday) and rose to the top in impressive fashion.
In a game dedicated to the team that won the cup in 1986/87 and with retro uniforms and the tune of "songs and goals" playing in the background, Keen's team celebrated with 0:4 in a game in which no less than five goals were disallowed due to differences.
Eran Zahavi scored and cooked for Peretz, Milson and Knikovski added in the second half.
"Who cares what people say?".
Cain/Ariel Shalom
Robbie Keane: "Yes, I can be happy with the result, it's fun to score a lot of goals, it was a good performance. We kept a clean sheet, and if we don't concede, we have a better chance of winning. We could have scored more. I was disappointed with the timing of the pass, it could have been better. That's what I raised For the players at halftime, because 0:2 at halftime is not the end."
On the goal difference in the fight against Maccabi Haifa: "The goal is to win the games. I can't help but respect the opposition and think about the goal difference, but concentrate on winning."
On the disqualification of the goals: "You have to deliver at the right timing. They waited an unnecessary second in the delivery, and because of the speed of Milson and David, we missed goals."
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On Zahavi: "He looked sharp, especially in the first half, and came back to himself, and it was good to see him. Dor Peretz also came back to himself, Gabi (Kanikovski) too, and Idi, we knew we could trust him."
On the relationship with Zahavi and the rumors about pranks: "I can't control what people say, I don't care, I know exactly what kind of relationship I have with the players, and that's what matters, who cares what people say. Stop trying to create something that doesn't exist" .
Thursday against Olympiakos: "Huge game, we know that, it's the biggest challenge we've had this year, with the players they have, and we'll have to do in Europe what we've done so far, give the best game we can and make it difficult for the opponent."
He also came back to himself.
Peretz/Ariel Shalom
Dor Peretz
: "A wonderful evening. It started with great respect for the past generation and I'm happy that we also had an excellent victory that gives us a push to continue on the road. A great evening overall. We arrived at the peak of intensity, there were saves and offensive ability. Everyone played great today. As a team, it was a game here A huge effort from everyone, that's what gets us to win 0:4. The coach makes his decisions and that's excellent, I was on the bench for two games and I got some air. It did me good for the rest of the way and I'm happy about it."
On the fight for the championship and the European campaign: "We are focused on what we are doing. We will do our best from game to game. We will analyze today's game and move to focus on Olympiakos, it will be an interesting game against a super-high level team."
"When Maccabi Tel Aviv attacks and there is no pressure on the ball, the defensive line has to roll back and it is trained for that. It didn't happen"/Ariel Shalom
Losing coach Ran Kozhoch: "It's not about overconfidence, we simply made football mistakes and paid a high price for them. When you make mistakes against quality teams, you pay in cash. When Maccabi Tel Aviv attacks and there is no pressure on the ball, the defensive line has to roll back and it is trained for this. It didn't happen, our game wasn't good. There were too many situations of passes without pressure on the ball and the players didn't carry out instructions, so the second solution for me was to bring in another link player to stop it. I told the players at halftime that what needed to be done was to stay in the game. I mainly asked them to stay until the end, and I think that until the two goals we conceded we were not exposed in the second half. Those were stupid goals."
Regarding the struggle to enter the top playoffs, when the Petah Tikva derby awaits him next Saturday, the coach said: "If we want to be there, we must get points. The derby will be very difficult, we will have to be there at our best."
Captain of Maccabi Petah Tikva Jordan Cohen: "Bad feelings after a loss, but we are after a good period and take everything in proportion. Maccabi Tel Aviv surpassed us in every parameter and they deserve this victory. Two weeks ago we were in Beer Sheva and showed what we are worth. Today was a less good game , but it doesn't lower confidence. There are two more games and we hope to reach the top playoffs. There was a bad defensive game by the whole team, we'll get over it and Ren will fix what's needed. We'll arrive at the derby ready, we want to win for the crowd and for us. We'll come with all our strength to bring three points".
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