Ofir Davidzada faced the media ahead of the match against the newly promoted bottom of the table side: “I think the worst possible thing is to arrive at a game in this league feeling ‘comfortable’. All the teams are dropping points. If we think we are comfortable, we will regret it at the end of the game. We know that in this league there are no easy matches, we must be prepared and fully motivated as we understand that from the first minute our target is to win.”
On whether the victory over Be’ersheva eased some of the pressure on the team, Davidzada replied: “There is always pressure, Be’ersheva was a super critical match for the rest of the season as we understood it has a lot of significance to meet the target we want to achieve. Pressure is a positive thing and at a big club like Maccabi, there is always pressure we must know how to deal with. This is what we do at Maccabi because this is a club which always strives to reach as far away as possible as this is our standard.”
On the work under Aitor Karanka the 31-year-old full back said: “He brought with him a lot of positive energy as he is someone who experienced a lot in his coaching career and one can see the fighting spirit on the pitch. Gradually, we are getting to know his coaching methods as he has only been here for a short while. We will all improve the longer the time progresses.”
On Maccabi’s recent form, Davidzada added: “There is a bit of inconsistency lately which has been evident in our recent results. Over the past few years Maccabi has been very consistent which is what we are aspiring for. We are working hard in training in order to reach the results we want to achieve. If I am not mistaken, we didn’t manage to string two victories since December which is our target this Saturday.”
