Tonight at 20:30 in Teddy Stadium Maccabi will return to the semi-final of the State Cup to play against second division Maccabi Akhi Nazareth.
Today Maccabi defender Yoav Ziv could not conceal his excitement towards the match: “We really want to win the semi-final. We don’t want to look too far ahead or at the next opponent, because we will be punished if we will be complacent. The desire to succeed is great. The cup is something sweet that you win and lift at the same moment. It’s not like a league championship that comes at the end of a whole season”.
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Regarding the fact that ten years have passed since the last semi-final appearance said Ziv: “Our team doesn’t need tips from me because our team is experienced in these stages, as well as others competitions. We need to come focused and forget about complacency. People love "Cinderellas" in the cup and we do not want any Cinderella celebrating on our expense”.
“Akhi is team that we don’t know as well but we do not belittle them”, added Ziv. “We will be suitably prepared-we watched their videos, we know their players and we are ready for the game”.
