Tel Ben Haim, the Yellow & Blue veteran defender looked back at the 1:0 defeat suffered at the hands of Beitar Jerusalem on Matchday 16 of the Ligat Ha’Al:
Summing up the match:
“I agree we have to play better but we controlled the flow of the match and had some chances. We gave up a penalty that led to a goal and I don’t want to get into the issue of if it was offside or not, it’s part of the game. We’re very disappointed and I don’t think we should lose a match like this when we controlled the contest. Beitar only had couple of chances and I don’t think we should lose such a game. We have to get ready for Saturday’s match.”
Style of play:
“It’s never easy to play a team that is just defending, but we had some chances that we should have scored, however we didn’t and that’s part of the game.”
Concentrating on their own football:
“We have to play better football and we have to concentrate on our own play. We have to improve so we can play our football which we haven’t yet been able to do, so we can’t focus on anyone else.”
Practice:
“Of course we practice things that will happen in game play and sometimes things go better but today it didn’t go our way.”
Looking ahead:
“When you don’t win it’s disappointing and you go home upset as it sits with you all week. It’s not a great feeling and as an athlete it never sits well when you lose or don’t play the way you want to. We have a match on Saturday and hopefully we will win and bring that with us into league play.”
