Goal scorer Barak Itzhaki looked back at his side’s 2:0 Toto Cup Semifinal final win over Kiryat Shemona at the Acre Stadium while also commenting on his second half goal:

“That’s why I play. To wait for these moments when I’m on the pitch and try to score and help the team win.”

Happy with the result:
“We are always learning and improving from our mistakes and these types of matches can always help us along the way. We take every match at Maccabi Tel Aviv seriously and there are many players that are getting back into shape which they did today and I’m happy that the result was a win. Now we have to turn our sights on to the league match on Saturday.”

Fighting for the title:
“We have very good players and we are a solid club. We have a lot of new players and also the injured ones are coming back. At the end of the day we will be a strong team that will fight for the title with a number of other clubs.”