With the return of the eight Israeli players who were on national team duty, Maccabi Tel Aviv was able to train with almost it's full squad today. The Yellow-and-Blue have a busy seven days coming up playing three away games in three different competitions. Eran Zahavi who started both of the Israel National Team matches spoke about returning from international duty, the important week ahead for the club and the deep squad that will play a crucial role in the upcoming matches in the various tournaments.
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The captain spoke about the National Team results:
"We had a successful week with the National Team where we won one match and drew the other, giving us a chance to qualify for the Euro 2016 playoff and we're happy with the results. But now it's back to our clubs and we have plenty of important challenges ahead. Next month I'll be back again with the National Team for the match against Cyprus and Belgium."
About getting ready for the upcoming matches:
"We're not dealing with the strike talk but with the upcoming match and preparing properly for it to get a good result. After that we'll begin to get ready for the Champions League match which will be a very important game for all of us.
Tomorrow night we have a Toto Cup clash against Bnei Yehuda and I'm sure we will all do a good job especially the players who will be given the chance to play. The whole team will be behind them. On Saturday night we have a crucial match in Kiryat Shemona against a tough team in a very difficult stadium to play in and hopefully we will get the result that we want. We are already working on the Chelsea match to make sure we play attractive football as everyone is looking forward to the game."
On the deep squad in order to compete in all the tournaments:
"Since we have a lot of matches in a bunch of different competitions, it's important we have a big squad with good players in order for us to try and win every match."
