Betar Jerusalem will meet Bnei Sakhnin tomorrow (Thursday, 20:00) in the 23rd round at Teddy Stadium, knowing that a victory is a must in order to fight for a ticket to the top playoffs. Those who showed up for the press conference are the team’s coach, Slobodan Drapic And the doorman Itamar Nitzan.
Last period of the group: “The period is better than it was at the beginning of the season. The staff is wider, the problem is that we play every two days so we have less time to coach the team. We are all in this pressure cooker called Israeli football. I think our last game was not bad, but we are safe “We can play much better even than we played against Beer Sheva. I hope in the last 5 games before the playoffs we will be in good shape.”
What is it like to play against the same team after two weeks: “It’s a different team, a different coach. We don’t know how they will play because they have some injured like us. Their squad can change every two days. We do play at home and we need the points and the wins. In the next 5 games we need to take as many points as possible “There are 7-8 teams vying for a ticket to the top playoffs. We have to be there, so everyone wants to win and we want to be the ones to win and step up.”
How to improve the staff that went through the turmoil this season: “It’s like a chef with products. The better the products, the better the cake. “When you do not have products you can not do anything special. I believe that with all these players we will look much better.”
The goalkeeper, Itamar Nitzan, He said: “I want a top playoff and I want beyond that too. Right now it’s our first and only goal, we want it very much. We want to play against top teams, to fight for Europe, if we qualify. That’s our main goal.”
“Once there are a few more players coming in to fight for the squad, it creates a very, very healthy competition. No one can be in a certain comfort zone, and that’s something that’s very, very healthy in the team. Games show what we are worth. “
How to prepare physically: “We have an excellent team of coaches, and we have an excellent team of physiotherapists, and we get almost everything we need here, it depends on us as well. We are in this situation and need to get the best out of it. There is no choice.”
On himself personally he added: “I feel normal, feel no matter what game, and whether it was good or not was good, it’s already behind me two days after. We do not have much time for good and bad to stay in the mental state of after game. We have to leave behind the “What we are experiencing, whether it is success or failure, and the day after that – is a new page. No one will remember us good things if we do not achieve our goals.”
