While Maccabi Netanya players celebrated the important victory in the battle for a place in the top playoffs, as did his team, Raymond Atwald did not celebrate yesterday (Saturday) immediately after the final whistle at 0: 1 over Bnei Yehuda. The Dutch coach, who was furious at the recent moves in the nerve-wracking extra time when Lamak Benda failed to score in a four-on-one situation (not including Omar Niron who has yet to get back to his hair), took another minute. Afterwards, he allowed himself to be released after relaxing and happy with his men and trainees about the important step they took on securing a place in the top six this season, after a year-long break for the Diamonds.
While he concluded (“This is the team we have, we can not rely too much on stability or experience, the main thing is victory”), his players continued to fall apart on the lawn, when they jumped and rejoiced, still did not congratulate the finished, when they also know they will need at least another victory (While currently in fifth place, with 34 points) and continued to do so in the locker room as well. The injured Ben Ajoubel, who came with crutches to support his friends up close, also received cheers from them.
“We only play a cup final and we entertain until the last minute,” joked Atwald, who spoke about the difficult game that ended against a team “just waiting for your mistake” in the form of Yossi Aboksis, also referring to the loss of points against Maccabi Petah Tikva last week. Yesterday, the mistake and the late absorption did not come (regardless of the legality of that move), Netanya defended well, attacked less well, but achieved the long-awaited victory.
And while the top playoff is around the corner, the Dutch coach’s continuation is also on the agenda, even regardless of the achievement if and when, with talks about extending his contract for next season onwards to close the issue next week to close the issue, while the club management is very pleased The latter, so that qualifying for the top playoffs will not decide and in any case will not determine his future.
Back in the game, the team was very pleased with the players’ performance, despite all the shortcomings, when Raz Carmi was great at goal and proved that there is someone to rely on while Danny Amos is disabled due to the injury, Almog Cohen continued to recover from injury and still play 70 minutes, Shir Tzedek led from behind Vazlatan Shachovich looks excellent (led the game with fights, accurate passes and ball saves) and will be absent from Hapoel Hadera next week due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
Apart from them, Gabi Knikowski woke up in the second half just in time to cook Yuval Sadeh his second hair in a row. The team complimented the young midfielder after the game, who did not receive the credit as a first fiddle at most stages of the season, but took the opportunity with both hands and returns to the Dutch coach exactly in time.
“You could say that in the previous game we were already leading 0: 1, we did all our work and in the end we conceded a goal that should have been disqualified, but it does not matter. We came ready for this game, it went hard, very hard, but I am very glad we took the three points and we Face it, “he said field At the end.
Then, he referred to the fact that he scored twice in favor of the Diamonds in four days, and more as a defensive-oriented player: “It’s beyond expectations. As a back-to-back you expect other things, you have a different job on the pitch. I think the exiles are just a bonus, it doesn’t matter Whoever scores, the most important thing is that we took three points and we will reach our goal in the end. “