Maccabi’s 36-year-old captain, Sheran Yeini, faced the TV cameras at the end of the 3-1 defeat to Maccabi Haifa at Sammy Ofer and said: “Maccabi Tel Aviv is a massive, glorious club which has won so many titles that when you reach the third season without winning the championship you are disappointed and there is no better word to describe it. Our role is to correct the mistakes, we all share the responsibility, from the bottom to the top. Everyone should draw the maximum out of himself and we will not be ashamed to talk about the fact that next season we will come back better and have a season which Maccabi deserves. At the end of the season we will talk to whoever we need to as we will join forces and with good communication will reach the best solutions.”
Yeini, who battled hard throughout the match with Haifa’s players who are on the verge of securing the title, added: “We always come and give our heart and soul on the pitch, and today was no different. Haifa were the better side, they deserved to win and we will see what happens next. I believe that they will win as well, and then one should say fair play to them as they had a long season. We are all athletes that work hard and to win a league title is not easy, one must suffer for it and they deserve credit for that.”
When asked if he has some message to the Maccabi fan base, Yeini replied: “Our fans know that we will give everything we have, that we care about the club and we want to take it to where it deserves to be. Believe me that we did not have fun, but we must be better, more dominant, more attacking and this is exactly what we will be.”
