Barak Itzhaki, one of Maccabi’s most entertaining strikers spoke to the Official Website following the match about the disappointment of not taking three points, the widened gap between the Yellow-and-Blue and Hapoel Beer Sheva as well as the actual match against his former club:
“We knew coming into this match that it wasn’t going to be an easy game. Beitar Jerusalem is a good team, young and energetic. It may have been very entertaining for the fans, but for us we lost two valuable points.”
The disappointment of not taking maximum points:
“It’s disappointing, in games like this we should know how to
take all three points, these are very important matches and we have to make sure that we find a way to take maximum points in the upcoming contests. We will start playing better football and that will show in the points that we’ll accumulate.”
About the result:
“Like I said before, these games including the one against Beer Sheva, we really didn’t control the tempo of the match. But these are games that we have to find a way to win. A draw here against Jerusalem reflected the actual match and we picked up a point. It’s time to move on.”
The widened gap between Maccabi and Beer Sheva:
“I don’t think that anyone is going to get hysterical that the gap between us and Beer Sheva grew to three points. We still have to play them twice and there’s still a long way to go. Don’t start eulogizing us so quickly.”
