The Yellow & Blue midfielder, Eyal Golasa talked about tonight’s clash against Zenit in Russia as Maccabi look to avenge the 3:4 result from Matchday One of the Europa League. Golasa discussed the familiarity between the teams, the cold weather and how they have been preparing:

“We’re getting ready for the match against Zenit and we are practicing everything to make sure we are prepared in order to get the best result possible.”

How many layers of clothing are you wearing in the cold:

“I’m not really sure, but I have on thermals plus about 5 or 6 layers.”

About Zenit:

“We are going to be playing a very tough game against an excellent team, but we know them a bit better now since we played them back in September and I hope that we will get a good result plus advance as far as we can.”

St. Petersburg is also familiar with Maccabi:

“Sure they do and they also played against us so they know what we can do. It will be a good game and like I said we want to get a good result.”