Ofir Davidzada, the Yellow & Blue left back took home his first title at Maccabi Tel Aviv with a 1:0 win over Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Toto Cup Final and discussed the match that was:
Winning against Hapoel Beer Sheva:
“Firstly, we’re very excited about winning the Toto Cup and this Cup is for the fans who wanted the title after a couple of seasons without it. So we’re happy both for the fans and for us.”
Jumping on Jordi following the match:
“There’s no question that he deserves this as he was with us during this very difficult time. No one knows what happens behind the scenes and besides being a coach he is also a person who has been behind is and supported us no matter what was going on. I’m happy that we were able to pay him back on the pitch.”
The last two matches:
“During the last two matches, against Villarreal and Maccabi Petah Tikva we were unlucky as we missed many chances, I believe that slowly but surely we are beginning to jell together and we are learning the style of play. I believe that we’ll begin to look much better.”
Plenty of points left:
“We just finished the first round which means we have another round plus the payoff matches to go. So there are still plenty of points left. It’s not too late.”
After the last match against Beer Sheva in which Maccabi was unable to beat them with ten men, how much does this win help the club and could it put Maccabi back into the title fight:
“There’s no question that this win will give us confidence and is important as we continue the season. Beer Sheva is an excellent club and we proved that we can battle them toe to toe anytime and even win; it’s very important for us.”
Monday’s important match at Teddy:
“We’ll celebrate the Cup win today and tomorrow we will begin to get busy for the next match which is very important.”
The last pass:
“We work on these things in our training session. We had a lot of opportunities. I personally am working on this specific issue and I’ll see improvement in this area.”
Dealing with pressure from when he was a Beer Sheva Player:
“There is pressure for any club that wants to win a title and that’s healthy. Someone that can’t handle the pressure isn’t fit to play at this level. I personally love the pressure and it’s a good character trait.”
Playing with 3 central defenders:
“For right now we see that this system is working both from the defensive and offensive ends. I believe that if we continue working on this formation it will look better and better.”
