Lito Vidigal, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach addressed the media prior to his side’s Matchday 33 Ligat Ha’Al Championship Playoff match against Hapoel Beer Sheva tomorrow night at 21:00. The Angolan discussed battling every match, improving day to day and the importance of the upcoming match:
“All of the games are very important and since I’ve arrived every game is like a final. We won almost all of the games for the possibility to fight for the league title. We have to play well and try to take the three points.”
Injury situation and lineup changes:
“Part of my job is to believe in all of the my players. Last game I made some changes and used players that hadn’t played much and they did a good job like Sagiv Yehezkel and Eliel Peretz. They played well and helped us take the victory. I know that every player I choose gives his best. We have a training today and we will have to see if they (Dasa, Ben Chaim, Benayoun) feel ok. We are Maccabi and we are a big club. The players that play here know what they have to do and I believe in everyone.”
The title race:
“If we don’t win the last three games then maybe it’s finished. We begin with less points than Beer Sheva but we have played fantastic in a lot of games, playing well and taking victories. But we started from behind, the players are fighting and they are playing good football.”
Battling for wins:
“We will fight to take the three points like we do in every game. Of course we want to win and we play to win every game, this is just one more. We have more games to go and we have to fight for the three points in all of the games. We have to believe.”
The possibility of not winning the championship two years in a row:
“For me it’s more than this and I have to think about everything including why we didn’t win last season. If you look to the past then maybe we will understand what we have to do in the future. We are a big club and we have to win all of our games. The is Maccabi.”
Improving day to day:
“I continue to learn everyday and the players have also grown a lot. They have done an amazing job over the last sixty days. They were in a difficult position before but we pushed together and we won many games. It’s not finished but as I always say, every game is important and we have to take the three points in all of the games.”
