Summary: Maccabi Bnei Rayna - Hapoel Beer Sheva 3:0 (Sport 1)
After his 400th appearance, Itai Shechter took time to talk to the official website of Hapoel Beer Sheva about his glorious career.
"You never dream of 400 league appearances. I think I've come a long and exciting way and hope for many more appearances."
"I think my decision to come to Hapoel Be'er Sheva is one of the best decisions I've made," added Shechter.
"Of course I played at all the big clubs in Israel and it was also important for me to get to Hapoel Beer Sheva, a club that is at the top of football and thinking about all the titles and Europe. I am happy that in this year in which I am celebrating 400 league appearances we have reached the group stage in the Conference League. Hapoel Beer Sheva is on the rise, we have built a strong team, a team that has run for all the titles. I enjoy every moment of coming to training, even when I play less I do my best for my team and this club to succeed. We have an amazing crowd that pushes us and takes us to the highest places even in less moments are good".
The striker was asked about the biggest miss in his career and replied: "In my opinion, I didn't exhaust myself enough in Europe. I think I was in the best leagues in the world, in good clubs, and I also had good games and parts of good games, but I didn't really make a mark in those places. I think the return My move from France to Maccabi Haifa was a mistake for me, I already understood Europe and I was part of a good rotation in a strong team in France. For me, during my time in Europe I could have spent more. Of course I don't regret anything, I think it's part of the career, I learned from these places, I'm proud of everything My step in life."
Schechter added and spoke about the tenure at Maccabi Haifa: "My time at Maccabi Haifa is not an easy period in my career. It is of course not related to Maccabi Haifa, we see how Maccabi Haifa is today and what heights this club has reached. I think that during my time there, I had a very, very good year It's difficult both professionally and mentally. I didn't succeed and I thought that at the age of 27 I was on the way to a bad place. It was a very challenging time. My family and the people who were by my side knew how to lift me up. At the same time a club like Beitar Jerusalem took me to them and lifted me back to the top of football, and of course they have a part in me still playing at the highest levels."
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Shechter (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)
As for the game he will never forget, Schechter said: "I think the greatest game, and perhaps even the greatest that Israeli football has ever known, is the championship game with Hapoel Tel Aviv in Teddy when we win the championship in the 95th minute. Last game of the season, the two teams are competing for The championship all season. It's a game that's in my soul and it can't come out."
Finally, the pioneer had to share a tip with the next generation and said: "They keep saying that the most important thing is to work hard and give everything, I think it's true that you have to work hard, but many times you have to work smart and enjoy what you do. Many times a father tells a child, "Work hard Strong as possible, as hard as possible". He can work as hard as possible but he doesn't work properly for what he really needs. In the end we go through a process, and go through a career, we have to enjoy things. I always say, enjoy the journey, love what you are Doing, enjoying the crises and the difficult moments because they are what ultimately build us."
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Israeli soccer
Super League
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