With two straight derby wins in 72 hours, Maccabi Playtika Tel-Aviv has just one goal in mind ahead of Wednesday: getting another victory against Hapoel Tel-Aviv, and sweep the quarterfinal series.
"We won two very important games and want to put an end to this series in front of our home crowd", said Maccabi's coach, Avi Even, when asked about the derby. "We have no interest in extending this battle. We learned a lot from the last game and we will be ready".