Dor Turgeman marked his return to league action by scoring his third goal in the campaign and seventh in all competitions this season. But just like the goal he scored against Real Sociedad last week, Turgeman’s goal was a only a consolation for his sider that suffered a 3-1 defeat to Beitar Jerusalem.
At the end of the match, Turgeman, who just turned 21 last week, said: “The result is extremely annoying. It seems like the match was heading in a good direction in the first half. We played brilliantly in the first half” he said as his goal saw Maccabi take a 1-0 before the break. “But in the second half we conceded an early goal and lost our heads way too quickly.”
Turgeman struggled to analyze what happened to the team in the second as they allowed Beitar pull a three goal comeback in the second half despite being reduced to 10 men from the interval: “It is difficult to explain what had happened. I am sure we will sit and study this during the week, learn from it all and move on. The atmosphere here at Teddy didn’t effect us as we played well in the first half. We know who to distance ourselves from any background noise. These things just happen and they obviously shouldn’t happen again.”
On his return from injury, the young striker said: “I missed scoring goals, but it is really annoying to return to the league like that. I hope to continue celebrating goals but do so during victories”
Despite the defeat Maccabi remain top of the table with 19 points but despite Beitar narrowing the gap to three points with a game in hand, Turgeman insisted: “We are not talking about the title race but only focusing on ourselves”.
