Idan Nachmias experienced a roller coaster ride of a match against Ironi Tiberias. The 27-year-old defender scored an early goal which was disallowed, before dropping a two-goal-lead on the way to a late 2-2 draw. After the match, Nachmias faced the TV cameras and said: “We were leading 2-0 against Tiberias away, move the ball, around and totally control the game. We dropped two valuable points here and now must look forward and try learning from these things. We must pick ourselves up, move on and ensure we are stronger and more powerful especially when we lead by two goals and should score the third and fourth. At situations like that, when we are dominating matches, we can’t concede goals. Now we will have to move on from here.”
Having failed to beat the newly promoted side in two attempts this season, Nachmias tried explaining how Maccabi struggle against teams from the lower half of the table: “It happened too many times that we dropped points at matches like this. It is never too late to learn, develop and improve. We will put our emphasis on that.”
Nachmias, who made his 12th league appearance this season and is 7 matches short of 100 Maccabi appearances, added: “Regardless of the title race, when you are Maccabi Tel Aviv, you can’t afford to drop points against any team. We only focus on ourselves and the title race is still far ahead.”