Maor Rahmani 30/01/2021 20:52
Gabi Kanikovsky (Shahar Gross)
Tonight (Saturday), Maccabi Netanya recorded an important victory in their intentions to reach the top playoffs, when they celebrated with a resounding 0: 3 over one of the hottest teams in the league – MS Ashdod. Gabi Kanikovsky completed a pair, Karem Jaber added in celebration.
Raymond Atwald He said: “It’s a sweet victory, the players wanted to respond to what was in the previous game against them (4: 0). It was important to put together another victory, we scored in important minutes and have to keep playing the same way. We could have finished the game even earlier, we talked to the players and showed them in the video what needs to be improved, we talked about pressure on the ball and pushing forward, about discipline. “Karam Jaber manages to conquer with the right foot to the far corner, so apparently something good is happening.”
Gabi Kanikovsky’s ability: “He is one of the most intelligent in the group. He has great skills and scoring ability. Almog Cohen as a brake? We are still trying all sorts of things at the back to atone for the deductions, we are quite short on the roster. “
Knikowski He himself said: “It is always fun to conquer and help the team. Happy for two straight wins. The loss to them in the previous round? It sits at the top, what happened there is also a catastrophe of mine personally (removed with a red card). Glad we won this time and that’s what matters. I always wanted to take on, the team is young and I am happy to be a part of it. “
Ran Ben Shimon Said on the other hand after the game: “You have to know how to play against density. We were too soft and sluggish. There is not much to say, Netanya deserved to win, they won every 50-50 fight and wanted more to win this game. We are a better team than Netanya, but that does not mean that every better team wins. We need to know how to deal with defensive density, how to play against outbursts, today our reactions were too slow. “
the expectations: “There may be some weight. Anything can be interpreted correctly in such a loss in such an important game. Finding reasons why we did not show up I can until tomorrow, but mostly it is wisdom and understanding a game that we will need to improve. The defense? It’s a part of life, this time the defense and also the defensive game were not good. We will sit, work and see what did not work. We are allowed to lose like that every now and then, it happens. We were weak and we deserved a loss. Ashdod will reach the top playoff, we are very good. In this game, Netanya was better, but we are better than it. “
Yoav Graphic He said: “It is not pleasant to lose like this, I think we did not deserve to lose in this result. We made mistakes that do not suit us in defense and Netanya punished. We were not sharp enough in the front and that is the result. We started the game better than Netanya, but then two mistakes cost us two goals. We could not get back in the game, if we had scored in the opening of the second half the defense would have come back and we would have been able to get back in the game, unfortunately it did not happen, we will look ahead. Deserving of the top playoffs, offensive games and doing well. We had a slight stumble, it should not affect too much. “
