After three consecutive victories, Maccabi Tel Aviv was stopped again. The champion finished tonight (Thursday) with 0: 0 with Bnei Yehuda, and missed an opportunity to close the gap from the leader Maccabi Haifa, which now stands at eight points. Yellows coach, Patrick Van Leven, Did not hide in the end his dissatisfaction with the ability: “It was a very weak game of ours, I can not deny it.”
“We tried as always to use our wings it failed,” the Dutchman explained. “We will have to look ahead and work on it. It is not possible for players to come up without enthusiasm for the game, it happens and we will have to check it, but we will keep what is positive. I do not want to say we have problems in attack, there were difficulties in attack and we will work on it in the next seven. “I can not say anything, we did not win or take advantage of the invitations, and I believe the next opportunity will come, and we will prepare for it.”
And what about the January transfer window? Van Leven declined to provide an answer: “We have enough talent that we have not seen yet, we will continue to work on it and see what happens in the transfer window. I just started working with the team, we will analyze the situation and see what happens. The players have shown they want to work hard.”
also Dor Peretz Speaking about the feeling of missing out: “We got a chance to continue the winning streak and I feel we did not wash the grass enough, we played without energy and it was expressed in the result. There is no exact reason for this, especially after Maccabi Haifa lost points. It happens and it is normal, we think Later”.
The midfielder received his fifth yellow card, which will make him absent against Maccabi Haifa, but he is not worried: “What should be, will be. I came to give everything today and tried not to get the yellow card. There was no thought of getting red on purpose and there is a good enough team without me.” .
on the other side, Tamir Ben Ami Was a little less disappointed with Bnei Yehuda’s point: “We are very satisfied, we got to the game against Maccabi Tel Aviv that a great team, we need to understand that we are missing a large number of significant players, and we deserve the guys who gave everything on the field and did everything we asked and according to the game plan. An unnecessary mistake cost us points, but today we stayed focused and against a team like Maccabi, we must have full focus throughout the game and that is what the players did today.
Ben Ami, who moved to be the man on the lines following the need for a pro certificate, described the feelings: “It is not natural for me, I did not choose a coaching career because it is less interesting to me. I do not want or aspire to be a coach in the future, but Bnei Yehuda is a precious and good place for me. “There I am, so do my best for her. The club got into a situation and I hold a pro certificate, they decided I was going up and I was not afraid for a moment. I was on a football field, I played football, I am all for the club’s service.”
And what about stopping the league following the closure? “We have to deal with everything that happens because of the corona. Stopping football is a pity for everyone, even those who are locked up at home, that it is important for them to have something for the mind and mood. But the Ministry of Health is probably wiser than us if that is what they decided, we respect that.”
Fall Finish Continued in the spirit of his coaches: “We did not believe in us so much, but we came with all the faith and prepared ourselves well for the game and saw it. With a little more decision making we could have spent more, but we are not pigs. If we are their black sheep? Could be. We “We see them and we may be a little more prepared than in the rest of the games. Against Maccabi it is a bonus that we got a good result, and we hope to continue the ability after the break.”
Finish is also not really happy with the tightening closure: “I do not feel good about it, it sucks, because from March we play. All over the world we play and we make other decisions. It may hurt us in the future with injuries and we are upset, but that is the situation and we have to accept it and train hard. “Maybe in our case these two weeks will help us work a little more.”
