Shota Arveladze, the Yellow & Blue boss summed up his club’s 3:1 win over Pandurii in Drobeta-Turnu Severin as Maccabi will head home with a significant advantage. The head coach talked about his emotions, scoring three away goals and how the match unfolded:
“I mentioned before the game that it’s the early stages for both teams and it’s never easy. But we scored the first goal and that opened the game up for us and it was a great goal. But then we slowed down and credit has to go to Pandurii for drawing even. However we found an important second goal.”
Three away goals:
“It’s a big advantage to score three away goals but we will be ready for the next game in Tel Aviv and I look forward to the next challenge.”
Feelings after the victory:
“Emotions are always good when you win and as a coach we have to see what we did well and what we didn’t. Every trip we’ve had rough time traveling, landing in Italy for Gorica, nine hours to Almaty and three hours from Craiova to get to this match. So we had a tough travel schedule but the guys have done well.”
Knowledge about Pandurii before tonight’s game:
“We had only seen one game which was a league match against Craiova but Pandurii has potential and were dangerous at some points.”
About the potential starting lineup next match:
“We have 22 players and they are all Maccabi players and they are all good players so we will pick the best to play next match.”
Rajikovic’s performance in front of his family:
“He made fantastic saves and he stopped some headers but in the second half. He is the hinder one keeper and will continue to get better.”
