Jordi Cruyff, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach was happy that his squad moved on to the Finals of the Toto Cup after defeating Kiryat Shemona 2:0 on goals by Aaron Schoenfeld and Barak Itzhaki:
“The main thing with the Toto Cup is to advance after each round and at this stage it’s to get to the final. The most important thing for me today was the clean sheet and we were more aggressive especially on the duels which were things we had been lacking lately, so I was happy with that.”
Looking ahead to the Final against either Maccabi Haifa or Hapoel Beer Sheva and the next league match on Saturday:
“We hope that it will be one of those games that will bring a lot of fans. But we have to put that aside and think about Saturday which we must recover for and win.”
Clean sheets and being disciplined:
“The first few months we had a lot of clean sheets while the last few months a little bit less and we lost points along the road because we scored goals but couldn’t avoid giving some up as well. Today was important and from now on every team that wants to win titles must be strong and disciplined.”
