Following the 2:0 victory over Beitar Jerusalem the Maccabi players were excited to hear about Maccabi Haifa’s 2:1 win over Hapoel Beer Sheva cutting the Reds lead atop the table to just two points with one Matchday remaining
Peter Bosz, Maccabi’s Head Coach spoke about the victory following the match: “I’m not speculating what will happen and I just have to deal with my team. Of course, after today’s win our chances slightly improved and that’s the only thing I’m looking at right now.”
About the Hapoel Beer Sheva/Maccabi Haifa result:
“We’re happy because we still have a chance. It’s natural to think that it’s all over when there is a 5-point gap with only two matches remaining. Now it’s only a 2-point lead for Beer Sheva but we still will have to win next week’s match which isn’t a given. But we still have a great chance.”
Beer Sheva plays Sakhnin next week:
“I’m certain just like any good sportsmen Sakhnin will want to win. Just like I want to win, but it won’t be simple. We will give it our maximum and only then will we see what is going on at Turner.
Why it was so tough to win the last few weeks:
“What’s been most difficult for us the last few weeks was to score goals. In reality, I don’t think we played as well tonight as we have the past few matches. We were a bit better in the second half than the first. At the end of the day we won and that’s what was most important against Beitar Jerusalem.”
On this evening’s Starting XI:
“If some of our players would have been given a yellow card then they would not have been able to play in the State Cup Final. In any case all of my players are in shape.
Oliel Peretz’s debut:
“He had a very good match. We never doubted his abilities and I’ve seen him during the training sessions where he was very good. But he can’t be just satisfied with what he did now as it only gets more serious from here on in. He didn’t have much pressure and expectations so now he just has to continue on his way. He may have matches where he won’t be as good so he must keep training hard.”
