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Zahavi: “I’m happy to help the club”

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Maccabi Tel Aviv Captain Eran Zahavi scored a pair of goals at home against Hapoel Acre right before the International break. Zahavi discussed scoring the goals, the difference between the Champions League and the Israeli league, the National Team and Barak Itzhaki:

יוקאנוביץ’ בסיום הניצחון מול הפועל עכו

You waited until October to score:

“I try to score all the time. Some games I do and some games I don’t. I didn’t have a great match today but I ended up scoring two goals. I don’t really think about scoring I just go out and play.”

Did you get the monkey off of your back after not scoring for awhile:

“I knew that it would come and I wasn’t feeling any pressure. I don’t really look at when I score and how many goals I score. I’m happy to help the club and when the team plays well it will help me as well.”

How much easier is it to score in the Israeli league than in the nirkeidar-40Champions League:

“The Champions League is a totally different level. In the Israeli league we are the favorites and we control the majority of the match and have more opportunities to score. In the Champions League we had some good chances to score but it just didn’t happen. We will come into those games and give even more. It’s been awhile since we’ve been in the competition and we will continue to learn from it.”

 The club waited until the 60th minute to take control of the match:

 “We did score right the start of the game. We did have plenty of opportunities to score and it was hard to get past what seemed to be ten defenders at the start of the match. The bottom line is we won 5:0 and it was a good result.”

The National Team has a pair of matches against Cyprus and Belgium coming up:

“We have a very tough match against a good team that has played very well. I want nirkeidar-34to win this game and make sure we make it into the playoff. They aren’t going to be easy but we are playing at home and with our supporters I hope we will be able to do it. Belgium is a totally different story altogether. Right now we have to focus on Cyprus and take the points against them,then we can talk about Belgium.”

How much do you enjoy playing with Barak Itzhaki:

“I’m really happy for Itzhaki. He scored a goal and assisted on another and I’m thrilled for him as he had a very good game. He is very important to the club and he knows how to score goals and we need these types of players on the pitch. I enjoy playing with him.”

Zahavi: “We know where we need to improve”

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Maccabi Tel Aviv will take on Maccabi Haifa on Matchday Five of Ligat Winner this Saturday night at Sammy Ofer Stadium. Following the loss to Raanana,  Captain Eran Zahavi spoke about the upcoming match against The Greens, the start of the season and more:

AQ7A8672On the beginning of the season:

“We opened up the season in good shape. We made it up to the Champions League and there are things to fix up in all the competitions. But to categorize Chelsea and the Toto Cup together is just not right. We don’t like to lose but the results so far go have been in our favor. But again, we will keep working to improve and go forward.”

About the upcoming match:

“They are a good team even though they’ve had trouble at the beginning of the year. Haifa will be playing at home in a full stadium and they are coming into the match hungry after the last game. We were disappointed losing to Raanana as we come to every game to win. We will work on the points that we need to especially in the box. We may have needed more players in the box and we know where we need to improve.”

The system Zahavi feels most comfortable in:

“I’m comfortable with any style of play. Even with a 4-3-3 we need more players in the box in order to score goals, we know what we need to do and we’ll keep working on it in the upcoming matches. It would be great if other players would score, Barak and Gal scored the past few matches and we didn’t win those games.”