Summary: Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0:2/Sport1
Dor Peretz will arrive at the season's game tonight (Monday, 20:30) after a week that included almost everything, just like this season of Maccabi Tel Aviv. On the one hand, his crazy goal against Bnei Sakhnin in the 89th minute that paved the dramatic victory at the start of the playoffs last Saturday, on the other hand, a huge disappointment three days later in a painful elimination against Maccabi Petah Tikva in the quarterfinals of the State Cup.
Generation, aren't you tired of this instability? The whole season is accompanied by huge mood swings.
"This week is a summary of the world of football - a rollercoaster of emotions as players, fans, everyone who takes part in this thing. From a victory in the last minutes to being kicked out of the cup, where we expected more from ourselves in those moments. We can only learn from these things and present better things in the future - Against Maccabi Petah Tikva we needed concentration in the last minutes, to understand that we have a game in our hands and we must not let it go even when it seems over."
Can you assure the fans that you won't miss the 10-point advantage you have at the top this time?
"First of all, we brought ourselves to the current situation, nobody gave us anything. I can promise myself, the fans, the players and the team that we will do our best, from the first minute, to achieve our goals."
Roller Coaster. Burst after the big goal against Sakhnin/Ariel Shalom
What is there in the match-up against Maccabi Haifa that made the games against them this season so difficult?
"They came with some kind of strategy for the games, we trained ourselves and understood what needed to be done. We saw it in the Toto Cup after that, but we were less able to express it in the league. The team guides us to present our football, the right football for a game like this" .
Personally, you are in a season of 16 goals in all formats, you broke your personal record a long time ago. What is the secret of this season? What has changed that we haven't seen before?
"The position that the coach places me on the field, his demands that bring out my strengths to my delight. But there is another way, I have more to show and prove, both to him and to myself and to others."
Many coaches believed in you. On Saturday Robbie Keen said: "I wish every coach had 11 Dor Peretz in the lineup." How much do you want to repay him for this trust?
"I have a lot to thank him for the credit he gives me and the faith he has in me. I am happy and would love to return it. I will play the best wherever I am placed, naturally I am comfortable playing in the middle, between number 6, 8 and 10."
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Against Maccabi Petah Tikva you and Eran Zahavi did not start, and you have a very important game. Do you feel it's up to you, the top players?
"Throughout this season, we see how significant each player is - in one game or another and at such and such stages. All of them have a great significance for this season, and the same goes for today, every player who comes up in the 11th, we are all equally important."
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