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Alberman: “We’re putting all of our focus on Sunday’s Match”

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Just before the club puts it into high gear for the final eight matches of the season to see who will be crowned League Champions, the Maccabi Tel Aviv players participated in the “Drive Safely” Program in conjunction with KIA at the Rishon Le’Zion Karting Track where they met with 40 Yellow-and-Blue fans at a safe driving presentation.

“אלברמן וזיו ביום “בטוחים בדרכים

On Sunday, Maccabi Tel Aviv will take on Hapoel Raanana on Matchday 29 of the WINNER League at Bloomfield Stadium. The club’s defensive midfielder, Gal Alberman spoke about the upcoming match against the Sharon side and how he feels coming back from the International break: “You have to remember that it was a short break, only one week. I think it was good for the players who aren’t playing on National teams as it gave them some time off after a season with many matches. I believe it did us some good.”

On Sunday’s opponent:

“We are at a point where the Championship can be won or lost each and every week. Our goal is to win every remaining game and we’re putting all of our focus on Sunday’s match. We defeated them and they beat us but we are not looking at getting revenge or anything like that.”

Having experience in the stretch run:

“We will only know if our experience helped us at the end of the campaign. We’re relaxed right now, we believe in our ability and are playing with a lot of confidence, so there’s no reason to think why it won’t continue. We feel that we can win the title and that’s what we are trying to accomplish.”

How the club is feeling about the loss of Johan Cruyff:

“It was a big blow to our club. I’m really not qualified to tell you who Johan Cruyff was but what I can say is that he is worthy of every adjective and description that’s been used over the last few days. Johan may not have been so connected to Maccabi but Jordi certainly is. The players had the chance to meet Johan and we saw him at Kiryat Shalom many times. It’s been tough on everyone since we found out he had passed away.”

Vermouth: “We just weren’t good enough”

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Maccabi Tel Aviv midfielder Gili Vermouth played 90 minutes in his club’s 2:1 loss to Hapoel Raanana. The veteran midfielder discussed what went wrong in the match, his playing time this year and playing consistently for the club:

What happened this evening against Raanana:

untitled-19“I think that we just didn’t play well enough, as Raanana had two chances and scored two goals. We didn’t take advantage of our opportunities and could have played better closer to the goal. We just weren’t good enough.

If we would have scored first, the game would have played out differently and it would have been a bit easier. But because they scored first we had to chase after them. We watched them on video and prepared properly and paid extra attention to their set pieces.”

On his playing time this season:

“I would like to play more and start all of the matches. In the game against Beer Sheva and Kiryat Shemona I played, but I didn’t against Chelsea and it’s not pleasant, but that’s the story right now.”

 Not playing consistently can have an impact:

“There’s no question that I could play better and I made some good passes but they didn’t make it through to the intended target. I always come to play each and every game and I know that I can contribute both in Europe and in Israel. Anyone that doesn’t play consistently is not in an ideal situation but I’m happy that I played a full match today. When I played against Viktoria Plzen I was able to change both of the games and then I didn’t play against Basel and Chelsea, but this is what it is right now.”

Dasa: “I’ve got to tip my hat to all of the fans”

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After falling to Hapoel Raanana 2:1 at Bloomfield Stadium, Maccabi Tel Aviv’s right back Eli Dasa discussed the match that was, looked forward to the coming week and also gave credit to the wonderful Maccabi supporters:

ורמוט ודסה בתגובות מהמשחק מול הפועל רעננה

How do you look back at this match:

“It’s a big disappointment. We didn’t expect this to happen especially at home. These were points for the taking after the Champions League match, but we won’t dwell on the loss for too long. It’s a long season and everything will be ok.”

You played 90 minutes and saw that Maccabi controlled the match:

“Most of the matches at Bloomfield are played in our favor but Raanana closed us down very well. They worked very hard and they deserve the credit for the win.”

There are two big games coming up:

“We come to win every game, but it will be a tough game away at Sammy Ofer against Maccabi Haifa who are off to a poor start. We can’t look back at this loss as we have to go forward and prepare for the Haifa match and then the Champions League game.”

Nevertheless the loss tonight was still a tough pill to swallow:

“We are professionals and have won the championship the past few years, so for sure we are taking this loss hard. We take every point that we can get seriously as these will count later on in the year in April and May. Tomorrow we have to lift our heads and continue on.”

Were you still thinking about Chelsea:

“No, not at all, that definitely wasn’t the problem. We made the switch and you can’t say that the players didn’t want to win. They gave it their all. Sometimes there are games like this where it just doesn’t go your way. If we had scored first the result could have been totally different but there are also games like what we had against Raanana.”

The over 10,000 fans that came out today kept cheering well after the match was over:

“No question, I want to give back to the supporters. They are great. Even when I was with Beitar and I saw what the fans were like against Hibernians of Malta, they have been terrific all year long and we want to make them happy. I’ve got to tip my hat to all of the fans for cheering us on when we win and when we lose.”

Know your opponent: Hapoel Raanana

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Haim Silvas’s club made a number of changes this past summer saying goodbye to Tony Nwakaeme and ‘keeper Daniel Lifshitz who came over to Maccabi and welcomed former Yellow-and-Blue striker Barak Badash.

Year Founded: 1972

Stadium: Netanya

Head Coach: Haim Silvas

פרומו: לקראת המפגש מול הפועל רעננה

Players who left: Tony Nwakaeme, Shoval Gozlan, Moshe Abutbol, Yoav Gerafi, Yogev Lehrman, Yakir Shina, Gil Blumenstein, Della Yampolski, Ze’ev Haimovitz, Elis Bakaj, Daniel Lifshitz.

Players who arrived: Yuval Shabtai, Ido Levy, Barak Badash, Ahmed Shacban.

Key Player: Evans Kangwa

_IR_4983The striker, who was third choice behind Mamadou Thiam and Tony Nwakaeme in Haim Silvas’s lineup now takes center stage and has answered the call with two goals in as many games. His counterattack speed is lethal and may cause problems for Slavisa Jokanovic’s defenders.

 Past Encounters:

Maccabi Tel Aviv has played Hapoel Raanana a number of times over the years but their first league matches took place just two years ago when Asher Alon’s team was promoted to Ligat Winner. The Yellow-and-Blue have held the upper hand in the matches between the two sides as one their more memorable wins was a 2:0 victory in Maccabi’s first home match of last season.

Tickets on sale for Hapoel Raanana match

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After just arriving home from London, Maccabi will host the Ligat Winner Matchday Four against the Raanana club from just up the road.

Tickets may be purchased on the Leaan website, by telephone *8780 or at the Leaan Ticket Office, 101 Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv.

Ticket Prices via telephone/Internet:

Sections 7/8:

Adult – 105₪

Women/Soldiers/Youth – 55₪ (Youth not available via the website)

Sections 4:

All tickets – 60₪

Sections 2/13:

All tickets – 115₪

Ticket Prices at the Leaan Ticket Office:

Sections 7/8:

Adult – 100₪

Women/Soldiers/Youth – 50₪ (Youth not available via the website)

Sections 4:

All tickets – 55₪

Sections 2/13:

All tickets – 110₪

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Peretz: “We’re getting ready for the next challenge”

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Maccabi Tel Aviv arrived back in Israel last night (Thursday) from England after their first match in the group stages of the Champions League where they came up short against Chelsea, the Premier League Champion. Even though the club landed just last night this morning they are back to work preparing for the Ligat Winner Matchday Four matchup against Hapoel Raanana at Bloomfield Stadium. Dor Peretz who played in last night’s game coming in as a second half substitute, talked about the experience of playing at Stamford Bridge, his relationship with Coach Jokanovic and the transition between playing in Europe and Israel.

“As of today this was the greatest experience for me as a footballer. It’s an amazing feeling to be able to play at such an terrific stadium against such a big club. I was really excited and happy. Putting the result aside it was a great learning experience. There’s something special in the air at Stamford Bridge that creates an incredible atmosphere.”

On his new role on the pitch against Chelsea and his relationship with the coach:

“I’m not so familiar with being a right back but I did the best that I could. I see this is as a vote of confidence from the coach and I’m very happy about it. I have the same relationship like all of the other players with the coach but I’m really excited that he has faith in me and I feel very appreciated.”

On transitioning from Europe back to the domestic league:

“We have a lot of respect for Chelsea but the match is over and we have to move on. Today we are already training and preparing for the match on Sunday against Hapoel Raanana. That was also the case after the last match we played, we’re happy when it’s over and enjoy the moment but the following day you’re already thinking about the next game and we’re getting ready for the next challenge. It’s important for us to begin a new winning streak.”