Avi Rikan, the Yellow & Blue midfielder looked back at his side’s 2:0 win over Maccabi Netanya on Matchday 33 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al:
“We played well last week and then the final few minutes occurred and we were left with a bitter taste in our mouthes. We knew what we needed to do to win and prepared all week to make sure we will reach our target of making it into Europa League qualification and continue that tradition. That’s our goal for the rest of the season.”
The goal to win every match:
“Everyone in this profession has to know how to deal with disappointment and we had a number of them this season. They have to strengthen us going forward and we have to understand how to overcome them if we look back. Goals of other teams don’t interest us as we have goals of our own. We go into every game with the goal to win and we were able to smile as this win gives us some breathing room. Tomorrow we will begin to prepare for Saturday’s match.”
About Omer Atzily:
“Over the course of the season, Atzily has really improved the mental side of his game. There were a lot of expectations that he had to take a big club on his shoulders which isn’t that simple. As teammates, we helped him along and he was part of a team which he understood and then unfortunately got hurt. Everyone can see his qualities and how potent he is on the attack. He learnt a lot this season and he will continue to improve going into next. We are here to help him all the way.”
Plenty left to accomplish:
“We had issues this season maintaining our consistency, which we have to do now until the end of the season. Next season will need to look at differently and many of us can give more. We have an important game this coming Saturday and we have plenty left to accomplish this season. We want to win every match as well as this Saturday. Statistics don’t interest me too much and we have goals that we want to accomplish.”
