The Yellow-and-Blue number 22 is ready for Monday night’s game against Hapoel Raanana on Matchday 34 of the WINNER League to be played at the Netanya Stadium at 20:55. Avi Rikan spoke about the disappointment drawing against Hapoel Beer Sheva, the battle for first place and the yellow card situation from last night’s Maccabi Haifa match:

“I didn’t watch the match and the whole deal of them picking up yellow cards is their issue and not ours. If you look back at the last few months you can pick up yellows and you never really know when and how you picked them up, but we have to look at that aspect also.”

The balance of the season:

“The players know that we have some important games coming up and we have to focus on that. We all know what we have to do and what the expectations are. We have 90 important minutes against Raanana and then we can look ahead to the Beitar Jerusalem match.”

Chances of winning the title:

“Things can always happen and we have to hope that as long as we do what we need to that we will be ok. We have three hard matches coming up and I hope we will be in the race right until the end.”

Disappointment over the Beer Sheva draw:

“Sure we were disappointed after the match but we were there for each other and we lifted our heads but we are already beyond that. We have a match tomorrow.”

His future:

“It’s flattering that other clubs want me but may want me but I have a few years left on my contract and it would have to be something really bombastic for it to happen.”