There were a bunch of disappointed faces at the end of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s match against Alkmaar that ended in a goalless draw. The Yellow & Blue were close to winning but they couldn’t covert their chances into goals.
Following the game, Eitan Tibi spoke about what he saw in the pitch: “We wanted to win and we had plenty of chances, but unfortunately the ball didn’t go into the goal. It’s ok as the chances for us to advance are still even since we will have an important match in St. Petersburg. We will need a good result in Russia in order for us to continue on in the competition. A draw today was also fine, it’s not great as we wanted to win but that’s part of football. Some things aren’t always dependent on us.”
On the things that didn’t work:
“It’s a combination of a number of things and I’ll let the coach analyze as to what was good and what wasn’t. My focus is on football.”
Looking ahead to Sunday:
“We have a very important match on Sunday and we are going into the game with the goal to win, hopefully we will do just that. Maccabi Petach Tikva have begun the season well and I believe that the coach will prepare us properly for the game. We have all of the right conditions available for us to get our bodies in the proper shape to handle the busy schedule and we will be ready for the contest.”
On not giving up any goals:
“It’s encouraging that we didn’t give up any goals as we gave up some in the last few game that we should have never given up. I’m happy we’ve improved.
