Eitan Tibi, one of the Yellow-and-Blue stars who played a central role in the match this past week against Hapoel Beer Sheva, travelled with his Israel teammates to Croatia for a friendly against the likes of Luka Modric of Real Madrid and Mario Mandzukic of Juventus. The central defender spoke about the difficult times all of Europe is currently struggling with, playing with the aforementioned global stars and about the upcoming match itself:
“We prepare for each and every game. The match against Beer Sheva a few days ago was not easy and this friendly match against Croatia will be difficult as well. We want to enjoy this match and get a good result and I hope that’s what will be the end result.”
Playing in Croatia during the troubling times in Europe:
“It’s not an easy situation and our country has to deal with many of these types of situations as well. I hope and pray that these events will come to an end for everyone’s sake.”
Sharing the pitch with some of the footballing greats:
“In general, National Team players are the best players of their country and there’s no question that some of the players we will be playing against tomorrow are some of the greatest players in the world. But this is football and I hope that we will be able to win.”
