Eli Dasa, Maccabi’s defensive back spoke to media prior to the club’s match on Saturday night at 20:00 away at Kfar Saba to end the first round of matches in the Winner League. He discussed a number of topics including Shlomi Azulay, his coming back from injury and also concerning racism in Israeli football:
“If racism is evident at youth matches in the year 2015 then what can I say. Heavy punishments won’t help clean up the situation. There’s a solution, the question is how much people want to change. But I’ll keep my opinion to myself right now. If this is still at the forefront then I think much more can be done.”
His time with Maccabi so far:
“I feel great here and I am very happy to be at Maccabi. We have a good group and an excellent training staff, but you have to give it your all.”
Coming back after injury:
“I waited for my time after the injury and I am happy that I came back the way I did in good shape over the past few games and I hope that I can continue my good play. People think that at a team like Maccabi Tel Aviv it is easy to succeed, but in reality it’s much harder and there are serious demands on you but it’s all for the good.”
Shlomi Azulay’s opportunity the last couple of matches:
“Shlomi and I are good friends from Beitar and I’m here for him and I kept telling him that he’ll have his chance. He has to keep working hard every minute of practice and he deserved the chance that he got.”
The schedule quirk having Beer Sheva play the team Maccabi plays the week before:
“It doesn’t matter which team plays our opponent the week before. I don’t think we can look at it as an advantage of disadvantage. We have to come prepared for each and every game.”
Increasing the amount of foreign players:
“Jordi has done a lot for Israeli football and if he thinks that it would be good then I’m sure he thought a lot about it. He’s always looking for ways that Maccabi Tel Aviv can advance.”
About his role:
“I prepare the same way for every match. A player has to prepare a certain way each and every game but has to do his job, I know what my role is on the pitch.”
