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Hapoel Beer Sheva managed to leave behind the crisis and for a moment even managed to return to the championship fight thanks to ten consecutive league victories, but then came the home draw against Maccabi Petah Tikva and the losses to Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Haifa which probably left them in the fight for third place. In an interview last night (Wednesday) with the "Sports Program of the South" on Radio South, striker Rotem Hatuel spoke about this openly.
"I had nagging injuries to my twins and groin and now I'm after it, arriving healthy and unharmed in the playoffs hoping to give it my all," said Hatuel first, "it took us a little time to connect and from the second round the locker room became cohesive again. New players arrived and now everyone knows everyone and we're back to ourselves".
"Coming to the playoffs safe and sound after nagging injuries"/Danny Maron
When asked about the team's goals for the top playoffs that will start this weekend, he replied: ""We want to reach as high as possible, because the difference from Maccabi Haifa is 6 points and we have a trophy that we want to take. I believe we will lift the cup one more time."
On the championship fight between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa he said: "When I got here I saw what happened in the city during the championships. We always want to be there, but this year it didn't happen because we didn't start well and I hope that next year it will happen. It stings not to be in the fight. I will tell you something that will surprise you - we are even better than Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv - as a team we are a better team, but in the matches against them we lost."
On his relationship with Eliniv Barda he said: "The professional team knew how to lift us up and the game against Beitar Jerusalem away is what caused the change. I'm a very emotional player. I live it and I think there is no player in the world who likes to leave the game, certainly at 0:0. It's not designs on Eliniv, it's purely from the desire to win. My relationship with him is the best In the world, he brought me here and he's like a father to me. If it wasn't for Eliniv, we wouldn't have gone through this period - he kept the locker room alive."
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As I recall, Hatuel defended Eran Zahavi when the Maccabi Tel Aviv striker was in a drought in February and about this he said last night: "Even if they ask me this question 40 more times, I will say the same thing. Eran is the greatest striker that was here. I really admire him. Before I was in the national league for four years, and if I play against him, it's a dream come true."
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