There were plenty of disappointed faces in Kiryat Shemona after Maccabi was knocked out of the Toto Cup Tournament, falling to the hosts 1:0. The Yellow & Blue were eliminated on away goals and will now look ahead to Saturday’s League clash with Hapoel Ashkelon.
Gal Alberman, the team’s Captain spoke about the situation he and his teammates are currently in: “I wouldn’t say that we are in despair. We’re going through a rough time right now to say the least and I don’t think we should be giving up. We have to stay together, united and believe in ourselves. There are enough veteran players here that are committed to the fans and the Club. The supporters that came today cheered us on in some terrible weather. We need their support and for them to be behind us especially over the course of the next two matches.”
About the Club’s recent run:
“I thought we would be on our way after winning in Kiryat Shemona last week. We will have to get back on track.”
On the team’s faith in Coach Arveladze:
“Of course we believe in our coach. We’ve proved that we can play attractive football with the players and staff that are here. We aren’t looking for easy solutions. We have a good coach who has been able to find ways to get quality results out of the Club and there’s no reason as to why we can’t do this again despite the poor form of late. We understand that we are going through a rough time but we believe that we can find a way out this situation.”
