“We know there are no easy matches in the Play-Off. Every match is a war. Every team that reached the top Play-Off are there on merit and they are a team that proved it all season long. We have excellent players and are in good form and at a good season – so we need to keep at it and believe that tomorrow will do our job”.

Davidzada, who played in the last time Maccabi visited Kiryat Shmona, which was the first match fans were allowed in after a year-long-period, added: “In every game we can feel and see the push the fans give us and how much it helps us, so I believe that tomorrow they will do their job for us. When the fans returned all the emotions were flowing again – the excitement was back. I felt like a kid in that game at Kiryat Shmona. We can see the strength and their influence in every game as they are our 12th player”.