Itay Shechter, the Maccabi Tel Aviv striker looked back at his side’s 1:1 draw while also looking ahead for Wednesday’s State Cup match at Bnei Sakhnin:
“There’s no question that the second have wasn’t as good as the first where we should have increased the lead as we had some chances to do so. We have a super important match on Wednesday against Sakhnin in the Cup and we have to prepare in earnest for that. This is football sometimes. We are good shape and we have to take the few good things from this match and move forward.”
Thanking Rajkovic:
“We owe a lot to Rajkovic who had a good game. It may have looked like Haifa was controlling the lace of play bit they really only had a few good chances. We know though that we didn’t have a great match and we have to now get ready for Wednesday.”
Plenty of goals ahead:
“We are a big club and we know that every match is important. We still have plenty of goals going forward one of which is to win the title as quickly as possible and also the State Cup where we know that every match is difficult. We know we still have a ways to go and we have to lift ourselves up.”
Bnei Sakhnin is a dangerous team:
“In the Cup if you’re not ready you can easily be punished. We have to be focused and Bnei Sakhnin is a dangerous team who we have to be ready for with the goal of advancing to the next stage of the competition.”
