Maccabi Tel Aviv played the final friendly of their Poland Training Camp and ended their 3 games on a high note scoring a 4:0 win over Bytovia Bytow from the Polish league’s second division. Head Coach Vladan Ivic and Avi Rikan summed up the performance:

“It’s nice to win the game. It’s important that the team is getting better day by day and that is what we want to do here at training camp, improve technically, tactically and physically.”

Implementing what has been done in the training session during the actual match:
“That is our target. I want the players to take what we are working on during the sessions and implement it during the game. Every day we are improving and every game is better as well. We are still not at the level where we need to be, but I believe that day by day we will continue to improve.”

About Jair Amador and Enric Saborit’s debuts:
“They played the first 45 minutes of the match and it was their first game. Their physical condition is improving and I’m sure they will be ready for the start of the season.”

Avi Rikan scored the 3rd goal in the victory commented: “These matches are primarily used to get into game shape and understand the demands of the staff. I am happy that we are jelling as a unit and there are many players who returned from being on loan, so it’s important that we continue to mesh together. We still have a number of days that we can continue to put in hard work and prepare for the first leg of the Europa League qualifier.”

The intensity of the training camp:
“We’re enjoying working hard. The group of guys here like working hard and they want to succeed. The training camp is going well and this is the basis for the upcoming season. We know what our objectives are here.”

The upcoming qualifier against Ferencvaros:
“We still have time, but this is a very important match. We want to continue the Club’s European tradition and we want to be ready to go.”

About the new recruits Jair and Saborit:
“First off they are great guys. It’s terrific to see new players arriving from different countries and becoming a part of the team. We’re helping them, they’ve only been here for a few days and haven’t been part of all of the preparations together with us. I believe that with time we will see some fantastic things.”