The Israeli team will host Austria tonight (Friday, 21:45) for the penultimate match of the 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign.
In fact, senior members of the association told Israel Today that "the way we end the campaign is very important. At the moment, Willie is given priority because of the results and the third place he has brought at the moment. The players are also very connected to him. Willy himself said at the beginning in job interviews that In the end and not after one game or another, then the end is important for him as well. "
And after the will of the association, one very significant thing should be emphasized: Rotensteiner's contract expires at the end of May.
Apart from the will of the association and its head, Oren Hasson, there is also the side of the Austrian coach.
Rotensteiner does not have a large immediate environment in the country, but he does not rule out team coaching in the future, if and when an offer arrives.
In fact, Rotensteiner's main goal, even when he came to Israel as a professional manager, was to coach.
He achieved this goal after the departure of Andy Herzog, the man he appointed to the position, and now he wants to pursue it.
In recent talks between them, Hasson and Rotensteiner agreed to submit a detailed report from the latter on the entire campaign after the game against the Faroe Islands (Monday, Netanya Stadium). "He knows how to bring to his every claim a clear statistical basis."
Also, Rotensteiner will have to put on the table also the things that need improvement, although some of them he is no longer responsible for, after the arrival of Yila Hus as the technical director of the young teams.
Golden.
The players in favor of the coach remaining, Photo: Courtesy of the Football Association
One thing is undisputed.
Senior team players, including Eran Zehavi, Manor Solomon, Nir Bitton and others, support keeping Rotensteiner, almost at the level of consensus.
The previous time it helped him continue for another term, but this time it seems that the players are not the main player in the story.
Abu 'Abid will open in defense?
Rotensteiner did not practice the squad that will go up against Austria in the concluding training session.
At the same time, the Austrian 11 are closed.
On defense, Iyad Abu Abid is preferred as a stopper along with Nir Bitton and Hatem Alhamid.
San Menachem and Eli Desa will continue in the defensive positions, with Rotensteiner at the front remaining loyal to Dor Peretz, Beavers Natcho, Manor Solomon, Eran Zehavi and Monas Dabour.
"There is always hope that in the end a miracle will happen in your favor," said Captain Beavers Natcho ahead of the match, "We are concentrating on our game and want to do the job. Then, things might work out in our favor. To do more than that, and we really were not far away. "
