Vladimir Ivic, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach looked back at his side’s 4:1 win over Maccabi Netanya on Matchday 29 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Japanika:

“In the last period I agree it was one of our best games, We have played a lot of good games this season and today we used a lot of players who haven’t played much this season. But they showed character, took advantage of the opportunity and they showed that they have the desire to play at Maccabi.”

Using players who haven’t appeared in many games this season:
“I haven’t used many players over the past few months and some were left out of the squad, but they players today deserve my compliments and they were true professionals.”

The State Cup match:
“It was tough but we have only lost one game since August. I don’t think we lost this game. Today we had VAR and last game we had VAR but they didn’t use it on a number of situations, 3-4 that were clear as it was a very important game. However, I give credit to Bnei Yehuda for advancing.”