Maccabi Haifa Seven? Haziza and Goldberg promise: "With food comes appetite" - voila! sport

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Many players have become stars in recent years at Maccabi Haifa, but it seems that Dolev Haziza, who arrived from Bnei Yehuda four years ago, symbolizes for many the change that the Greens have undergone from a bad decade to a team that takes three championships in a row. Haziza does not hide that he wants to make the move and move to Europe, but has made it clear more than once both publicly and in internal conversations that only a significant upgrade and a move to a team considered much bigger than the Israeli champions will indeed cause him to leave.

"I'm at the biggest club in the country. Obviously, if something comes along that will upgrade us players, then each of us will want to move, but I'm happy at Maccabi Haifa. This is my home," Haziza clarified. "We are shown statistics of our audience versus European audiences, and it just shows us how privileged it is to be here." Haziza is amazed by the team's achievements over the past three years. "We made history, it's very exciting and it's something all the players dreamed of. At the beginning of the season a lot of new players arrived, signed the French Riviera (Pierre Cornou, Franzi Pierrot, Dylan Batubinsika and Abdoulaye Seck speak French, S.W.) and it feels like this season we have already passed 200 games. For the audience, it was most important to add another star. We will celebrate now and on Saturday it will be crazy, I hope players who have played less this year will play and be part of the experience."

Wouldn't leave so soon. Haziza celebrates yesterday(Photo: Bernie Ardov)

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Asked about criticism that the Championship was not attractive and about his declining numbers this season, Haziza said: "I'm not underestimating, God forbid, but it wasn't just difficult for teams to make the transition from the Champions League to the league, it's very difficult to give output. Think you're playing against Neymar and Messi and then you have to make the transition to the league. Without underestimating, this is not an easy transition. Personally, I was injured for four months and I also played a lot as a defender on the four and five lines. I even played as a back midfielder, so I give what the team needs." Asked if he remained hungry, Haziza replied with an exclamation point. "There is always hunger, this club will always compete for a championship, for sure there will be changes and I promise that next year we will come to win a fourth championship and whatever title there is."

Haziza also referred to yesterday's date when she was crowned champion, which is considered a traumatic date for green fans. "They showed me the date and it scared (laughed), we wanted to change that too."

Goldberg promises: This is just the beginning (Photo: Maor Elkeslassy)

Sean Goldberg also spoke about the achievement. "We spoke to each other after the Champions League, we said we wanted a championship as well. When I look back at the Champions League, it feels to me six years ago." Of the third championship, Goldberg said: "It's something crazy, I'm proud to be a part of it. With food comes appetite, we're not resting on our laurels and we want more." Goldberg also talked about the brakes next to him. "Of course the brakes next to me are excellent, we have excellent coordination and of course it raises the level. There is also an excellent team here, the analysts know how to bring these players, it is not self-evident that there are four defenders here, each of whom can be a player of the line-up."

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