Maccabi will aim to return to winning ways on Sunday as they face Maccabi Maccabi Bnei Reineh – the side that held them to a draw at Bloomfield stadium when both sides met earlier this season. On the back of the defeat to last week’s first defeat of the season which cut the lead at the top of the table to five points, Gabi Kanichowsky reflected: “It was a disappointing match and result as we didn’t look good on the night, but as we said previously, this match will not decide the fate of the championship. We must simply move on”.
Despite dropping points in the past two matches against Hadera and Maccabi Haifa, something Maccabi hasn’t done all season, Kanichowsky, remained adamant: “Throughout the season we only focused on ourselves and never looked at the league table. Even when we had a 10-point-lead at the top we never said we are winning the title or when we had the same points as Haifa or Be’ersheva we never looked down. We are maintaining the same position, as sometimes there is a good spell and sometimes there are matches when things don’t work out so well. This is normal and we must just move forward.”
Kanichowsky, who scored 3 league goals and 5 in all competitions this season, added: “Reineh looks really good and are having a very good season. We must play our football, correct things we did wrong in the previous match against them because this is an important match in order to return to winning ways”.
On dealing with a busy fixture list this season, Kanichowsky summed up: “From the start of the season we are playing under a busy fixture list, but the way I see it, every player loves playing matches especially if it is twice a week. It is true we have some injuries and players ill which effects the squad. But whoever is named in the starting line-up or the squad is a Maccabi player as it makes no difference who starts as we have a very strong team here. It makes no difference who starts as we are all here for one cause.”
