Nadav Yakoubi play-by-play man at Sport 5, accompanied the club throughout their Champions League games from Plzen to Kiev and sums up Maccabi’s European campaign.

On advancing to the exclusive European tournament:

“It was a powerful moment as it was a credit to all of Israeli football and everyone was thrilled for Maccabi especially their fans.”

Being a good luck charm:

“Advancing to the group stages of the Champions League was historic and when I saw Gal Alberman I said to him that I was the good luck charm. He told me that I had to keep announcing the matches throughout the Champions League but the luck may have run out.”

The Champions League experience:

“It was an amazing experience being that it was the first time in many years that an Israeli team made it into the Champions League. To be able to go and play at Stamford Bridge, the Dragao and now in Kiev was fantastic. But what I’ll really take away from the whole Champions League experience is that I’ll never forget the Maccabi fans at Chelsea. We entered the stadium and it was a shock to see the amount of fans in the stands on the left side of the stadium going crazy. The cheering that was going on for the entire match was incredible. Eli Ohana who was working the match with me couldn’t believe it and we didn’t stop talking about it the whole time.”

What happens if Eran Zahavi will score in the 90th minute?

 “I’ll yell at the top of my lungs…EEERRRAAANNNN ZZZAAAHHHHAAVVVIIIII!!!!”