Peter Bosz, the Yellow-and-Blue boss discussed the upcoming Israel State Cup second leg quarterfinal match against Hapoel Kfar Saba at Bloomfield Stadium on Wednesday at 21:00 along with kicking off versus the same side on Saturday at 17:30 on Matchday 26 of the WINNER League:
“Everybody who plays football knows that tomorrow is not an easy match. We had a fantastic result away 3:0 but we have to perform well and we want to win at home as well. We saw them (Kfar Saba) play against Beer Sheva a few days ago and they played some very good football.”
Playing the same team twice within a week:
“It’s not every week that this will happen. We knew for a while that we were going to play Kfar Saba twice in a week and we will have to deal with it. It’s an important game tomorrow as we can go to the semifinal. Every player will have a chance to show me that they should play every week.
Injury updates on Nosa Igiebor and Omri Ben Harush:
“Nosa still has some ankle pain and won’t be available while Omri’s knee is getting better he also won’t be available for tomorrow’s game.”
Importance of analyzing matches:
“We try to analyze every game. After the match I watch the video for 90 minutes and I analyze exactly what happened. Sometimes you give up many chances and the other side doesn’t score and sometimes we give up only two chances all game and they do score. So it’s very important to analyze the video after each and every game.”
Gal Alberman not starting last week:
“He is important for us and he’s played fantastic for Maccabi. We changed the system last match and for the last few games he has not been at his best form. Eran as well has played many minutes. The season began in the middle of June with no break in December. The club has played 44 games and that’s a lot. We will have to give them a break and hopefully they will come back strong.”
Comments from Beer Sheva that they have better players:
“Let them say it. I’m not going to play these games. If they think so, then fantastic. We will see at the end of the season.”
The possibility of Sheran Yeini returning to Maccabi Tel Aviv:
“He has played every game for awhile now after he came back from injury with me. He’s happy, but I don’t think he will make this move. But I don’t really know.”
Maccabi Tel Aviv’s defender Yuval Shpungin had a chance to speak to the assembled media about the club’s pair of contests against Hapoel Kfar Saba on Wednesday night at 21:00 in State Cup action and in League play on Saturday at 17:30. Both matches will take place at Bloomfield Stadium and will be home games. He began by talking about playing left back
“It’s not my natural position but I’ll do the best I can wherever the coach wants me to play and I’ll do the best that I can.”
Coming back from injury:
“I had some injuries and there were stretches of time that I didn’t train with the club. But now that I am back trading with the club I have to show him what I can do and give my best at every practice. I play hard and I train hard, that’s why I also get injured a bit. I didn’t play much at the start of the year and being injured is tough. But I just have to keep plugging away.”
On team defending:
“The whole team plays defense and we all know that we have to do better. There are some games where we gave up goals because of defensive lapses. We just have to keep improving.”
The battle for first place:
“We are concentrating on tomorrow’s match and nothing else right now. We want to win every game and each one begins at 0:0. There’s not much more to think about. They can say whatever they want, that’s their thing. Our actions will speak for themselves on the pitch.”
