Yossi Benayoun, the Yellow & Blue midfielder spoke about his side’s 3:1 victory over Hapoel Kfar Saba on Matchday One of the Ligat Ha’Al. Number 51 looked ahead to Thursday’s Europa League contest, the big squad and winning on Matchday One:
“We wanted to win our first match and open the league up well and we did exactly that. Now we can look ahead to Thursday.”
Lots of chances but not being able to score early on:
“It’s part of the game and we knew that we had to have patience and even though we had control of the all it took some time. It’s all a matter of time. As long as we kept getting chances we knew that the ball would eventually go in. Luckily we scored in the last minute of the first half which opened up the game and it made the second half a lot easier.”
The big squad:
“We have an excellent squad and we all know that there is a rotation. Hopefully we will advance to the group stages of the Europa League and there will be more games for all of the players to be a part of. Everyone knows their role and this is a veteran group of players who have all played before so we know what the expectations are and do the maximum.”
Hajduk Split on Thursday:
“We have a small advantage going into the second leg with a 2:1 lead and we will have to go there and play the best that we can, win the match and play our game.”
