Vladimir Ivic, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach addressed the assembled media following the goalless draw against Pyunik in Yerevan, Armenia in the first leg of third round Europa League qualifying:
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“For me this is not a good result. We came here to win and we came here to score. We didn’t score so it’s not a good result.”
Pyunik’s style of play:
“Before the game we knew that Pyunik would play direct football with a lot of long balls in front and would try to win the second ball to create chances. The beginning of the first and second halves there was confusion in the last line and the middle and they created three good chances. This is the way they play and we have to improve how to deal with the long balls, react better and make sure the second ball is our ball.”
Chances in the second leg:
“It’’s one game, it was 90 minutes and the first game is finished. We have one more game and the chance is 50/50 starting at 0:0. I want to win the game and advance to the next round. This is our target. We will do everything to win this game and get into the next round.”
Targets:
“Our target is to advance to the group stage of the Europa League. But the first target is to defeat Pyunik and we must go game by game. Due to this result we will have to be more aggressive and play better than we did today.”
About the fans:
“It’s important for the home team to have fans that can support them and it’s something nice.”
