[Sport] Yalla Koura interviews Levanor: My departure from Sheriff is one of the most difficult decisions... and their victory over Real was not surprising

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He is one of the most prominent players who played in the UAE League, where he was with three clubs: Shabab Al Ahly Dubai, Al Shabab, and Al Wahda. Then he returned to his native Moldova, where he played for the Sherif team, which recently entered history in the Champions League after its victory over Real Madrid, talking here about Lovanor Henrique.

Lovanor Henrique moved to the Saudi Taawon team before the summer transfer window closed from Sheriff.

Lovanor speaks in an exclusive interview via “Yalla Koura” about the top scorer Tawamba, and the reasons for his departure from Sheriff’s team, and here are the details of the dialogue as follows:- Why did you leave Sheriff, who was participating in the Champions League and joined the cooperation? It was not an easy decision for me, it was one of the most difficult decisions I have taken, but it is more about my family, as you know I have to take care of them and take care of the future of my children, and this was not the only reason, the cooperation is a very good team during the last 5 seasons in the Saudi League, and they are fighting for a good position in the local competition, and they want to get Cups, I played for seven years in the Emirates and I was always up against Saudi teams so I had the ambition to play in the Saudi League for sure.

- What about your career with Sheriff? Sheriff's team is like home to me, they have done a lot for me and I was very happy to help them get into the Champions League groups. But it was very difficult, but I'm not young anymore, I don't have 25 and 26, so I have 31, so I have to think about the future for my family and my kids, so I didn't want to be selfish just to think of myself. I think of my family, too.

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- Did you watch Sheriff's match against Real Madrid, and what was the first message you told the players after the victory? Yes, I definitely watched the match. Before the match I spoke with my former Sheriff teammates. I told them to enjoy the game and not put themselves under any pressure. They just have to enjoy football and show a good performance against Madrid and believe in themselves, and they did that and showed a very special performance throughout the match, and the team won 2-1 against Real Madrid in the second round of the Champions League.

- How do you see Sheriff's surprise victory over Real Madrid? Sheriff's players did a very good job on the field, and for me their victory over Real Madrid was not surprising, the team is ready to play against the big clubs, it is not a problem when you face Real Madrid, Inter Milan, or any team else.

- Tell us about the Saudi League, and the matches you have participated in so far? Yes, about the league, I knew that before. It is a strong league with good clubs and good players, so I played the first match against Al-Ahly and the second we played the derby against Al-Raed. It was a very exciting match, and our match against Al-Ittihad In Jeddah, it was a good experience for me, despite the hot weather, but the atmosphere in the stadium with the large crowd that exceeded 25,000 spectators in the stadium. So it was an amazing match, and I'm very happy to be here.

- What is the difference between the Saudi and Emirati league? About the differences between the UAE and Saudi leagues, for me. In the Saudi league, 7 foreigners are allowed in each team in the local championship, while in the Emirates only four players are allowed to participate. As for the fans, the last match against Al-Ittihad was attended by 25 A thousand spectators in the stadium, I played many of the big match in the Emirates. I think that there were 20,000 spectators, and this is within the differences between the two leagues. As for the quality of the players, in my opinion, there is not a big difference because the UAE has good local players, even foreign players also have the same thing. So that's what I see now, it's just about the crowd attendance and the number of foreign players they have more for sure.

- I played with many strikers, what is the difference between them and Tawamba from your point of view? I played with some players who are of the same quality as Tawamba, where I played with Edgar Bruno in the Emirati youth, and I also played against Diop of Al Dhafra player, they are among the top strikers so there is no Big difference, I know how amazing this is for me, there's nothing special about it.

- Tell us about Tawamba, the cooperation striker? Tawamba is a very good player, a sniper if he has the ball inside the penalty area, he is always ready and at all times, he is ready every time to get the ball and help the team.

- What is your message to the Taawon fans? I will do my best and show my best skills in order to win, and make them very happy, so this is the most important thing. I came here with ambition in training and making the team look very special. My message to them is to trust the team, if we stay together as one we can achieve a lot of good things this season.