Avi Rikan, the Maccabi Tel Aviv midfielder looked back at his side’s 2:1 comeback win over Bnei Yehuda in which he scored the decisive goal:
“The first half wasn’t good enough and we allowed Bnei Yehuda the chance to take advantage of their style of play. The second half was better and we played with much more energy thanks to the fans cheering us on. I am happy that we scored two goals and this was an important win for us.”
Maccabi going unbeaten:
“We come into every match in the most serious manner and we prepare match by match. This was the key for us and that’s why we are at a point where we are undefeated. We also want to continue to win on Saturday and the goals that we have in front of us will keep us focussed.”
Are you thinking about the fact that with two victories Maccabi will win the title?
“We aren’t looking ahead to Maccabi Haifa and we will begin preparing for the match against Hapoel Hadera first. I hope that we will win and then we can start thinking about the next match. We are aware of the situation and even though we have a big lead every single minute is important to us and you saw how badly we wanted to win today. We aren’t going look too far ahead but we will come into the Hadera match with a lot of energy with the goal of winning the contest.”
