Peter Bosz, the Yellow-and-Blue head coach looked ahead to this Saturday evening’s clash with Maccabi Petach Tikva at Bloomfield Stadium, 20:00 on Matchday 20 of the WINNER League. The Dutch boss discussed the differences between the game played in Israel and in Holland as well as how he is preparing his side for the upcoming game against Ran Ben Shimon’s squad:

“I always say that the way we play is most important. I always look at my team and that’s 95% of the match. We will press, play forward and a good position game and I don’t care about the opponent. There is another 5% that I look at the team and we have to be prepared for that. We are ready for Petach Tikva.

Contrasting styles between Israel and Holland:

“In Holland we don’t play like this, but I’m not saying that it’s better. It may be naive the way we play in Holland, there is a lot of offense in Holland with ball possession but here there is plenty of ball possession as well and much more defensive play. Some teams here with less quality will play defensive with five defenders and two holding midfielders it’s up to us to find a way to win.”

The importance of being in first place now:

“After 36 games it will be important to be number one. We will try to win all of the games we play and this game against Petach Tikva is important to win as is every game and or course to be atop of the table.”

Gil Vermouth’s status:

“I know Gili from his time in Holland with De Graafschap. He’s a good player and that’s why he’s at Maccabi Tel Aviv. I’m happy to have him but it will be up to Jordi and he hasn’t come to me about this at all.”