All across Israel and the Jewish world the First Candle of the Hanukkah Holiday will be lit and the Maccabi Foundation was able to mark the day in a special way. Captain Sheran Yeini, Dor Micha, Avi Rikan, Barak Itzhaki, Ofir Davidzada along with CEO Ben Mansford visited the Dana Hospital in Tel Aviv to help cheer up the children, give out presents including scarves, Maccabi blankets and other Yellow & Blue goodies.

Ofir Davidzada spoke about the meaningful visit as well as the Club’s current state: “It’s always great to help cheer up the children. They are going through a difficult period and it helps put things in proportion. It may sound like a cliche, but it’s true. It helps put a smile on their faces and that makes it all worthwhile.”

About the Club’s current play:
“It’s true that our recent results are disappointing, but we believe in ourselves. We’re missing that one small goal in order to win a match. Yesterday, we completely controlled the pace of play and we weren’t missing much to win. If we could have scored early on everything would have opened up and the contest would have looked totally different.”

The championship battle:
We aren’t focusing on the championship right now as we have to get back to our winning ways which I hope will be very soon.”

Looking ahead to the Toto Cup Final:
“Anything can happen in a final against Hapoel Beer Sheva. Maccabi always comes in to battle for a title and we will come in ready to win.”