Peter Bosz, the Yellow-and-Blue’s Dutch coach is well aware that his team is playing in the proverbial “Match of the Year” against Hapoel Beer Sheva at Bloomfield Stadium, Monday 20:55. The boss discussed the pressure coming into the match along with the match plan for tomorrow and his expectations:

“Tomorrow is an easy game. The only good result is when we win and that’s what we will try to do tomorrow. A draw or a defeat is not good for us. It’s simple.”

The plan for the match:

“By playing our own game. If you look at this season we lead the league in goals. In between the league games we didn’t score but we scored 3 goals against Sakhnin in the Cup. We had a lot of chances over the course of the last few games and we had many chances, eight alone in the first half and seven in the second half against Sakhnin in the League game. I’m not worried about two games without scoring.

Dealing with the pressure:

“These are the games that I loved to play as a player. It’s money time. The stadium will be sold out and the stadium will be packed with fans standing behind us. I don’t feel the pressure, I’m excited.”

The momentum coming into the game:

“I know that my team is in fantastic shape as I see them every game and every practice. If we analyze the matches we see that we had chances, we created chances and had many chances to score. Barak hit the post and missed by inches. Hopefully tomorrow he will get it a few inches the other way.”

About Daniel Lifshitz starting in goal tomorrow:

“He played in the Cup for me a few times and I see him every training session. He is not only a fantastic person but a great player. Tomorrow he will be able to grab the opportunity.”

On the Rajikovic issue:

“I didn’t see the incident that started everything, but in general I knew what happened and I said that these types of things must never take place on the football field and these things can never take place at a football match. The Sakhnin people should never have touched our players as well as their security.”

Injury status of the players:

“Everyone is in good shape and Tal Ben Chaim along with Haris Medunjanin are 100% fit. Tal Ben Haim hasn’t been training but made some important steps. Nosa Igiebor has been training with the team the whole week and Omri Ben Harush took part in yesterday’s session.”