Barak Itzhaki, Maccabi Tel Aviv’s number 10 looked ahead to the final Matchday of the season on Saturday evening when his club may capture their fourth straight league title in a row. The veteran striker discussed the chances of winning the championship, the State Cup final, the year that was and his feelings as Maccabi heads into the stretch run:

“We always feel good when you get to these moments of the season which was a long year. We have a chance to win two titles and we feel good. We will go into the games and do what we need to.”

The matches played over the last month:

“We played well but didn’t win like the coach said, except for the Beer Sheva game where we didn’t press well we had plenty of chances and just couldn’t score. We have to look at the good things and improve on what we have to do in the upcoming matches.”

Excitement heading into the last couple of matches:

“Of course that’s what is special about the end of the year. There is drama and you can see that Beitar Jeruslem played like sportsmen against us. If you look back a number of years Ran Kadosh was the Bnei Yehuda keeper and he took the bull by the horns to help his team in money time,M hopefully that will happen again.”

About the season itself:

“We had a great season as we were in the Champions League and here we are fighting for the championship on the last Matchday. We also have a chance to win the State Cup. This year was an excellent campaign for us.”

Leaving Bloomfield for the foreseeable future:

“I hope that my last memories of Bloomfield will be good. It’s a stadium that has created many moments in Israeli football over the years and it’s a special place for any footballer.”

Concerning the League match against Haifa:

“Maccabi Haifa is a good team and you can see how they played against Beer Sheva where they won in the last minute. Our goal is to win the game on Saturday night and then see what happened in Beer Sheva.”

Preparations for the game:

“We are preparing for this match exactly like how we would prepare for any other match. Of course there is a lot of talk surrounding the match because it’s for the championship.”

On his upcoming wedding:

“I’m taking everything day to day before my wedding. Right now it’s the league, then the Cup and I hope we will all come very happy to my big day.”

Wrapping up the campaign:

“Maccabi Tel Aviv always strives to be at the top. We made it into the Champions League, we had the league and then the Cup. Of course we would be disappointed not win a title this year.”