Jordi Cruyff was happy to take home the win and 3-points against Bnei Sakhnin thanks to a pair of goals by his Icelandic striker Vidar Kjartansson. The Maccabi boss also spoke about Eliran Atar’s return and what he though about his squad’s play:
“We can be very happy with the 3 points but we gave Sakhnin a lot of chances to come near the goal and to shoot. I don’t think we controlled the tempo the way we wanted to even when it was 1:0 and even 2:0.”
Melding the squad together:
“I thought everyone was doing their work and game by game, week by week the players will understand themselves better.”
New recruits:
“Yes, absolutely. I’m happy with the players. I will change them around all the time. What is the sense of having so many players if you don’t use them. They played many games last season some over 60 when you are including national team games.”
Style of play:
“We have good weapons and different types of weapons including players in the midfield and on the attack. We can control the tempo of the game and perhaps not score quickly but find the right rhythm and make the right pass. We don’t want to lose the ball in the midfield.”
Side good enough to win the league title:
“We will know that in 2018.”
Eliran Atar’s return:
“I think Eliran is now more of a team player. He matured and he is a bit older. He is a different player from five years ago and he has a nose for the goal and is always a danger.”
On Slavia Prague being concerned about Maccabi:
“I don’t think they are worried and neither are we. We will focus on ourselves.”
