Vladimir Ivic, the Yellow & Blue Head Coach summed up his club’s 2:1 Toto Cup victory over Maccabi Haifa to win the Toto Cup:

“After the victory and the trophy it’s a nice moment for us. We deserved to win the title and we played better than our opponent in the second half as they waited for a counter attack. We were a team that had ball possession and we tried to attack with an organized game plan. We had a few chances that we created and we scored. That was our plan and how we wanted to play. We don’t have a lot of time to celebrate because we have the next game against Hapoel Tel Aviv on Monday.”

Strategy:
“For this kind of game you need to have a strategy as you have five substitutions in the Toto Cup and this is something that you have to prepare for. We knew we would use some of these players in the second half. We had already played Haifa in the league which was right after a European game and that match they had more power. We looked better in that game in the second half as well. Normally a team that has more time to rest is fresh. We used this strategy and we won.”

Eliran Atar’s Toto Cup Winner:
“Eliran Atar has scored a lot of goals and is an important player for us. He gives us quality in front and is very important for the team.”