Vladimir Ivic, the Yellow & Blue Head Coach summed up his side’s 2:1 comeback victory over Kiryat Shemona on Matchday 10 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika and also looked ahead to the upcoming break:

“Kiryat Shemona played well and are in the 4th place. This is their first home loss. I told my players congratulations because they fought from the beginning to the end. It was tough to play as the grass wasn’t in good shape. It was a tough game but we won and we will continue on. We have to rest and then work hard for the next game.”

The break:
“We aren’t sad about the break as we started our season on June 17th and the players need to rest and spend time with their families. When they come back we have a lot of work to continue to improve.”

About Omer Atzily’s performance:
“This is how we want him to play, He showed today and the previous game that he plays hard and he’s a very important player for us.”

Can anyone stop Maccabi?
“We want to wok hard and improve every game and play the next games even better. This game will be a lesson as we came back to win. The last ten minutes we went back which is something that we don’t want to do, but I understand as we wanted the victory before the break.”