At the end of the game, Maccabi’s number 7 gave an insight to what happened on the pitch at Bloomfield: “I came on in a bid to score and help the team do the best we possibly can. I am delighted to have scored an important goal because this is another step forward, but we haven’t completed our job just yet”.
Zahavi, then shared his feelings when his second half strike struck the net: “I scored many exciting goals in my career but this was one of the most emotional goals I ever scored. Everyone dreamed about this moment for many years, yes, no, yes no, but here it is – it is official and that is it”.
“I was very emotional from the moment I entered the stadium, the fans were chanting my song several times and I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart. It is a perfect feeling, we need to maintain such energies” Zahavi said, “We have an excellent team and we must believe in what we have here, in our way. We are Maccabi Tel Aviv and this is what it should be like”.
