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Eran Zehavi: "I locked myself in the bathroom and started crying, I just fell apart"

The hard feelings after the miss ("I kicked the team with my own feet"), the promise for the future ("It will make me stay two more years to get back what I took"), the moving speech before the game ("I saw people with tears in their eyes").

The tragic protagonist against Scotland sums up a "difficult evening", claiming: This is not the end

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Yaniv Tuchman

Friday, 09 October 2020, 10:10

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Eran Zehavi after the painful loss of the Israeli national team to Scotland (Football Association)

Eran Zehavi woke up this morning (Friday) to a difficult day.

Just a few hours ago, the star of the team missed a fateful penalty that in retrospect caused the Israeli team to be eliminated from the playoffs for the Euros, and sent his fans as well as his critics wondering if this would be his sad finishing chord in the national uniform.

But Zahavi does not intend to give up.

"I was the first kicker, even now after I missed I would do it again. You can miss Pendel, but the only thing that hurts me is that I was disappointed, because I was so trusted - and rightly so, because over the years I was the man it was obvious he would get into," he said. Gold today.

"Sometimes there are some tragic endings, but I do not conclude yet. I am in a difficult moment, but from these moments one must build and continue, and not stop trying. I will not stop trying. Unfortunately, I am the one who missed this penalty. It is a very painful and very difficult moment, But I am still proud of the team and proud of our way. "

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A difficult moment.

Golden (Photo: Reuters)

"We arrived with very good feelings, and also in the game itself we gave everything, I am proud of the team, proud of the game we played. Second game in a row that we come to Scotland and control the game. We deserved to win," said Zehavi about the game.

"Obviously there is disappointment. We were there, we got there, we got to the penalties, and we suffered from bad luck. The people should be proud of the team, there is a combination of veterans and young people, and whoever sees the games is proud of us. "We are on our way there. We are on the right path that needs to be continued. I am proud to be a part of this process."

Zehavi said that "as soon as I missed I knew it was over. I had such a feeling, that it was the end set for us. The duel started not well, even in the first penalty that Marciano touched the ball and he was unlucky. After that I missed and it was an independent snowball. We were. Depend on the grace of heaven, and this time it was not with us. Too bad, because we were much better.

"I went down to the dressing room at the end and took it very hard.

I do not usually cry from such things, but this time I fell apart because I felt I had missed a very good opportunity.

I felt that with my feet I kicked us out.

I did a lot of good things, but in the end it was tragic.

I locked myself in the bathroom and started crying, but the support was even more exciting.

I just want to say thank you to the players.

I'm really proud of this team, it's not a cliché.

I saw people with tears in their eyes in the speech before the game, because it was not for nothing. "

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It would not matter if the wheel could be turned back.

Golden (Photo: Reuters)

"It's a very mentally difficult evening, very disappointing, but if we were built only from successes, all day in the top, records and things like that - I do not think athletes are measured only by successes. Measured even in difficult moments. I intend to lift myself, that's for sure. "Take responsibility only for the good. You can not take all the credit, but also not take the responsibility and pick up the guys in moments like this. The night will be difficult, but here it is over. Life goes on."

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