Vladimir Ivic, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach addressed the assembled media at the prematch press conference ahead of Saturday his squad’s clash against Kiryat Shemona:
“We didn’t win the last two games and we are disappointed to just take two points, last match we played a very good first 45 minutes where we created a lot of chances but didn’t score. The second half they had 6-7 players in the box we tried to score but the result ended up being 0:0. But for example, when we played Maccabi Netanya and we didn’t play well but we still led 2:0 after the first half. We still have to improve day by day.
About Kiryat Shemona:
“We respect our opponent and have only lost once in the last 5-6 games and they have improved a lot. We will have to see how we will take the three points. We have to be serious from the first to the last seconds on order to record the win.”
The status of Uros Nikolic:
“He has been working with us and he had a problem in a training and he returned and worked with the team. He was then sock with a high temperature and we have to see how he will react and when we can use him. I am not sure about this game but we still have two days to go.”
Happy at Maccabi:
“I am here and I’m the coach of Maccabi. I’m happy here and I’ll work from the first to last day as a professional and give by best as I will ask my players to do. It’s not realistic to look to far in the future as everything depends our result.”
Working hard until the end:
“We have a lot in front of us. We have the league championship and the State Cup. These are our goals. We want to deserve it and we have to work hard all the way until the end.”
