Head Coach Peter Bosz was extremely pleased with his side’s 3:0 away victory in the first leg of the two legged State Cup quarterfinals tie against Hapoel Kfar Saba:

“It wasn’t easy to play in this pitch because the ball jumped around a bit. We had a number of fantastic opportunities in the first half and I’m really pleased we scored a second goal at the start of the second half. The third goal near the end of the game was very important.”

On playing the counter attack:

“Kfar Saba played the counter attack very well in the first half and when you turnover the ball you open the door to the counter attack.”

Does Maccabi have a foot into the semi finals?

“I’ve been in football for a very long time to know that we haven’t made it into the semifinals just yet, but we came away with a fantastic result in this match.”

About central defender Tal Ben Haim’s injury:

“He’s still hurt. Yesterday he already told me that he felt somethings wrong and today he was ruled out because of the injury.”