Dor Peretz, the veteran Maccabi Tel Aviv midfielder scored a goal in the side’s 2:0 win over Maccabi Haifa and looked back at the season opening victory:
“We weren’t as good as we could have been in the first half as we lost a number of balls and weren’t as focused, but the second half we were much better and I’m happy that we won. There is still plenty to work on in order for us to look as good as we can be, but we got the season off on the right foot.”
Match by match:
“This will give us a push for Thursday’s match and it’s a great feeling to win. We defeated a difficult opponent in a tough league match. We are focusing on each game one at a time. It’s not easy to play so many matches in just ten days and every one is important. We continue to improve match by match and I hope that we will continue to win.”
The club’s youth movement:
“As a player who grew up in the Youth Department and was promoted to the First Team pretty much by myself, it’s a great feeling to see thee players who are coming up from the youth and that they can prove that they belong here. I’m happy that they are my teammates.”
The return leg against Sarpsborg on Thursday:
“Since Thursday we only focused on the match against Maccabi Haifa and now we can begin to concentrate on this week’s match against Sarpsborg. We always believe that anything can happen and we will give our best in order to do what we need to. There’s no question that the fans support makes a huge difference for us.”
