The Yellow-and-Blue took three points in their opening match of the spend round of WINNER League matches at Bnei Sakhnin. Barak Itzhaki and captain Eran Zahavi talked about the match and looked ahead to the Hapoel Beer Sheva game next Monday December 21st:

Itzhaki:

“Every win is an important victory. Of course we saw Beer Sheva win yesterday but we came here to do our job and make sure that we’re in good shape prior to the next week’s match.

Concentrating on Israel league action for the balance of the season:

“The Champions League is behind us and done. Now we are focusing on the domestic league and we must make sure we play well each and every game.”

On the first half penalty call:

“It was for sure a penalty. I felt the Bnei Sakhnin player push me from behind and there is absolutely no question that it was a penalty.”

Zahavi:

“There’s no question that Beer Sheva is playing well, but we concerned about ourselves right now and we will prepare for the match as we do for every game. Right now we’re doing well also.”

The missed penalty:

“I missed it and that was it. I’m happy that I was able to score another goal in the second half and we also played much better in the final 45 minutes. But we still have plenty of work to do to keep improving and to continue to get better.”