Daniel Peretz: "The goal is to win a championship" | Israel today

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Maccabi Tel Aviv's goalkeeper, Daniel Peretz, conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League - only 6, and there is no doubt that he is one of the yellow players' best and most stable players for the start of the season.

"It's not just my ability," Peretz sneered, "we all play defense, the attack, the midfield and the defensive players, and that's what gives us the power and the number of goals we've conceded. We want to continue this graph until the end of the season. Of course, on the offensive side, we need to get better at taking advantage of situations and become the games become easier and I believe it will come. The goal is to win a championship."

Excited to play in the senior team?

"I was on the senior national team last year, but I didn't get to play, I hope that this time I will play. It's a dream come true for every Israeli player. The national team is one of my goals in my career."

Tell about the celebrations after the victory over Hapoel Haifa.

"There was an outburst of emotions at Jovanovic's goal because of this whole game and the misses. We deserved this goal and these three points and as dramatic as it was it was the sweetest. I am very optimistic because we create a lot of situations and I always believe that the goal will come."

Maybe you lowered the confidence of the pioneers in training?

"We constantly challenge each other, in training it's easier for our strikers."

Is Maccabi Haifa a better team than you?

"They are an excellent team, but we don't look at them but only at ourselves, like we do before every game. We now have time to clear our heads, gather new strength, and continue the marathon that will come after the break."

Could you score more points in this round?

"I think we had a good round. Of course you can always improve and we had some games we had to win, both against Ashdod and Nes Ziona we had to win. Overall the round was good but there is room for improvement."

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