Maccabi’s Georgian Head Coach, Shota Arveladze spoke to the press after his team moved on to the playoff round of the Europa League. With a 2:1 win at home following a 3:1 away victory, the Yellow & Blue will play another pair of games to see if they can advance to the group stages of the Europa League. Arveladze discussed his side’s goal scoring, the club’s efforts and about the match itself:
“I said that we were too nice, we had to kill the game and score on the chances that we had. We had possession about 65% of the match, and we gave up some fouls when we had to. We also had many one in one chances and we didn’t score. We have to kill a game earlier. The heat today made it hard to play for both teams.”
Goal scoring:
“I am looking to improve our goal scoring and find ways to spare more goals. It will cost money and we are ready for that.”
Potential transfers:
“I am not hiding anything and I’m not keeping any information. We won’t rush to just rush for a player.”
About Eden Ben Basat:
“I count every single player who comes to my training sessions. Any player who has a contract and respects the club will be respected back. We can’t live by. rumors but with hard work. We have a responsibly to succeed.”
Efforts by the club:
“We have played 8 games up to now and I have to give credit to the boys. They put all of their efforts in and train everyday very hard and they are playing good games. I just have to say that we can be stronger.”
Concentrating to scoring:
“As a coach we always talk to the players to see if things are ok. Lives may make things difficult and opponents may make things difficult. We just have to concentrate and score goals.”
