Haris Medunjanin, Maccabi’s Bosnian midfielder discussed the upcoming Europa League clash against Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar. Number four spoke about the loss of some key players over the summer, being the favorite, the desire to win and if the Zenit match still has some effect on him:
“Of course you think about it sometimes, but it’s in the past. We got zero points for a good 75 minutes. The last fifteen minutes we gave up four goals and if we would have won that match then tomorrow’s game would have been totally different.”
The desire to win:
“It’s very difficult for me because we want to win every game. We played attacking football but we didn’t score and didn’t win. We came to win and even against Haifa we had ten chances but nothing went in. Sometimes you need luck for the ball to go in. Hopefully we will win tomorrow.”
On the recent league matches:
“We didn’t win so I’m not the same. I had some pain in my leg against Haifa but I didn’t want to use that as an excuse. I feel good right now and hopefully we will win and that is what is most important for the team.”
Maccabi possibly being the better side:
“If we play our game and we know what to do then yes. But being better on paper doesn’t count. In Europe if you defeat an opponent twice then we will show that we are better. We need to win to prove that we are better.”
Losing Zahavi, Garcia and Ziv over the summer:
“They were very important players for us. Eran scored so many goals and we had plenty of points. But we have to look at who we have now and we have to fight for our place. We can’t look into the past but when we don’t win then of course these questions come up, but we have some fine players and we will look to win.”
