Gal Alberman, the Yellow-and-Blue’s stalwart defensive midfielder discussed the club’s next game on Matchday 16 against Ironi Kiryat Shemona on Sunday December 27th at Bloomfield Stadium, 20:55. The veteran spoke about giving 100% no matter what the situation, matches at Bloomfield, helping his teammates and battling for the title:

“Just like the coach said we are professionals and we are looking forward to the next match. We’ve been through this in the past. He is on our sidelines and we have to give 100%. We’ll do a video review and a regular practice after the press conference. Remember we’ve gone through this before and we still won the league championship.”

Giving it all:

“The players aren’t part of every last detail and we don’t know everything. He’s our coach right now and he’s obligated to coach us and he’s part of this club. We want to make sure we give it all in every match we have. We have some interesting games coming up that are very important for us. These things happen and we just have to adjust to the situation.”

On having lost a number of matches at Bloomfield this season:

“I don’t like to look at statistics and see how many points we may have lost at Bloomfield. There are many stats that are out there and what has been going on at Bloomfield is what it is right now. We have to pick up points both away and home and every match is worth 3-points. It doesn’t really interest us what our record was at Bloomfield in comparison to last year or the year before. Each season is its own entity.”

Helping his teammates on the pitch:

“I very much enjoy being at Maccabi and I want to play as many minutes as I can in order to help my teammates on the pitch. I want to keep working hard so that I can continue to feature in the starting lineup. I would be happy to be part of Maccabi for years to come.”

Focusing on themselves and not on the opposition:

“It’s hard to say who the favorite is. Beer Sheva will say one thing and we will say that it’s up to us. Every team has to look at themselves and see what they can do. We don’t like to deal with the other teams but ourselves.”

Being strong enough to fight for the championship:

“I’ve been sitting here for six years and especially over the past three seasons I’ve heard that this year is not what it was last year. I believe we are strong enough to battle for the league title and I’m sure we will be in the race the whole season. If someone thinks otherwise then that’s their prerogative.”