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"They'll never forget this group." Israel today

2020-05-15T08:44:02.150Z


| Israeli soccerTen years to Hapoel Tel Aviv's double, Maharan Lal recalls: "Talking about this season, and I have chills" • Teddy victory: "We were at bat" • And comparison to Maccabi: "We were much better"  Unless you and your friends with Teddy succeed. "The best team in the country in the last decade" Photo:  Lior Mizrahi When talking about Hapoel Tel Aviv model 2009/2010, which just today (a decade ago)...


Ten years to Hapoel Tel Aviv's double, Maharan Lal recalls: "Talking about this season, and I have chills" • Teddy victory: "We were at bat" • And comparison to Maccabi: "We were much better" 

  • Unless you and your friends with Teddy succeed. "The best team in the country in the last decade"

    Photo: 

    Lior Mizrahi

When talking about Hapoel Tel Aviv model 2009/2010, which just today (a decade ago) completed a historic double win, the first picture that comes to mind is of Eran Zahavi celebrating shirtless on the Teddy advertisement signs after the victory gate he scored in the 92nd minute against Betar Jerusalem. But that dream season for the Reds was not just golden, and even very little.

There were Schechter with me with 22 league goals, goalkeeper Vincent Anime who scored frequently from the white spot, season player Gili Vermouth, outstanding brake Douglas de Silva and also the man for special tasks - Maharan Lal, who scored nine goals that season, including the only goal of the season against Maccabi Haifa At Kiryat Eliezer (0: 1), three cycles to end the season. 

"This season I can best remember my goal against Haifa," Lalah says in a nostalgic interview with "Israel Today" and explains: "It was such a dramatic victory gate that gave us first place a few games before the end of the season. I talk about this season and there I have chills. "

Do you have a story about this season that people don't know?

"Me and Eli Gutman had a very good relationship, I felt like his son. Before that game against Maccabi Haifa he took me for personal training at the beach in Haifa, after returning from a month's injury. Eli tore me for two hours on the beach - sprints, power, heat you didn't He can breathe, and throughout the training he yells at me, "Only you will bring me the win against Haifa, only you are going to score." In the end I brought him the win. Eli always knew that in the big games I would be there for him. "

Do you remember what Gutman told you before the game Teddy? 

"I remember he told us in the locker room: 'No matter what, we win today. What will happen next - there will be, and if we deserve we will win.' In the end we really won the championship. We knew it all depended on Haifa, and in our conversations we said, 'Let's finish This season is right, and at least we will bring fans joy over the victory over Betar. Luck was with us that day, because Haifa came to terms and pressed Bnei Yehuda but did not score and in the end we won. We were a teddy beater. I don't think there will be another group like that. "

Who was the star of that team?

"There was not one star, Gutman made us a machine. He instilled in players no matter who plays in the lineup or against whom we play - we are always the best, always can win, anywhere. His training was at the highest level possible. What Gutman did in this team "There are just no such things. The players internalized his demands, the locker room was amazingly cohesive, everything went amazing for us."

So you imagined that Goldie would be a superstar like today?

"Eran has always worked hard and also had talent. This season he would go up a lot from the bench, but he would still give everything in training, always stay after training, train alone and invest. At the end of all this work, he has paid off and he has to be pissed off about his career."

Was this the best team in Israeli football?

"For the past decade for sure. With all due respect to Maccabi, who have been good in recent years and taking degrees, we have been a much better team. We must not forget that we won this double even though we played in that season in Europe, we finished first in our home league in the European league and there was a load. This is a group that was special in every way. Ask Hapoel fans what it does to them when talking about this season - crazy. A season later we were in the Champions League as well. They will never forget this group. "

Source: israelhayom

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