Maccabi Tel Aviv will visit Bnei Sahknin at the Acre Stadium tomorrow, Wednesday at 21:00 for the first leg of the State Cup quarterfinals. The Yellow & Blue enter the contest after drawing 1:1 versus Hapoel Haifa while Sakhnin is in 13th place in the Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika. The match is being held in Acre due to a radius penalty.
The two sides have faced each other once this season in league action and Maccabi had the upper hand with a 3:0 win at the Netanya Stadium. The match tomorrow will be the first of three against Sakhnin in the month of February (2 Cup, 1 League) and striker Yonatan Cohen looked ahead to the clash:
“There is never an easy match especially in Cup play. This is the first of two and we want to win. I don’t think that since the contest is at Doha Stadium it will affect us. We want to win at any Stadium and we expect to do what we need to.”
About Sakhnin’s season to date:
“We aren’t focusing on our opponent as we have our preparations that we need to do just as we’ve done all season. There’s no question that State Cup matches are always exciting, but we are looking at this match just like any other. We are preparing well with the goal of winning.”
