The Maccabi Under-19 squad got back onto the winning track yesterday with a 3:1 victory over Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Youth Ligat Ha’Al Premier League. Guy Tzarfati saw his team control the tempo of the contest at the Ramle Stadium and summed up his club’s performance following the match:
“This was a good win and a good game. We played disciplined and quality football with a combination of both attacking and aggressive play. I told the players at the beginning of the week that there was a lack of passion in their game and I’m happy that they brought it to the forefront against Beer Sheva.”
The coach was also asked about how he was handling the challenge of getting the best out of his club despite not battling for the championship:
“The goals are different when it comes to the youth club’s. These are players who are just at the start of the careers and over the course of the years there will be some matches that are really big and some less so. The players need to know how to handle both of these situations including fighting for a position on the table. You have to know how to rise to the occasion? We are working very hard and the goal is to make sure that as many players as possible receive the tools to deal with the real things which is to be a first team player.”
The rivalry with Beer Sheva:
“We don’t ignore things that are off of the pitch and a match against them is always of interest since these are the two leading clubs in Israel.”
