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Eran Zehavi: "I am allowed to kick more than others" Israel today

2021-04-12T06:11:03.541Z


| Israeli soccer Eran Zehavi does not apologize for the opening of the team in the World Cup qualifiers: "Not just us in level 4" • Not a calculator for Alon Mizrahi: "We are not at the same level" "• And sends an arrow to the sports media:" There are people who are not allowed to be reporters • The full interview the next day in the Independence Supplement Eran Zehavi with the Israeli flag. "My name attracts en


Eran Zehavi does not apologize for the opening of the team in the World Cup qualifiers: "Not just us in level 4" • Not a calculator for Alon Mizrahi: "We are not at the same level" "• And sends an arrow to the sports media:" There are people who are not allowed to be reporters • The full interview the next day in the Independence Supplement

  • Eran Zehavi with the Israeli flag.

    "My name attracts entries"

    Photo: 

    Efrat Eshel

What has not been said in the last month about Eran Zehavi?

The jerky opening of the World Cup qualifying campaign took the critics out of the holes, naming him "the number one player and arrogant" and stating that he "broke the records of selfishness".

"They write about me, because putting the name Eran Zehavi in ​​the title attracts hits," he says in an exclusive interview that will be published on Wednesday in the Independence Supplement of "Israel Today."

"When I score goals, most of the credit goes to me, and when it's not good - most of the shit comes to me.

"Now, let's ask a question: did you see in a game a player standing alone in front of the goalkeeper and not getting a ball from me, because I preferred to kick myself from 40 meters? I may have taken a kick or two too much, but how many goals have I had in the last two years? So I'm allowed to kick more than others, including kicks that someone else would not take. In the country you only see results, and you are set as a goal to qualify for the World Cup. Not just us in level 4. So get it out of your head. We should not move up from first place. There will be a sensation. Let's be real. "

There have been reports of power struggles and reviews of you from the locker room.

"I read that players on the team said so and so. If you are a male journalist, write down who said. Do not try to make us a salad in the locker room. These are people who are only trying to hurt the team, bad people," he shouts, rarely losing his temper for a few moments. The table.

"These are people who should not be reporters because they are driven by personal interests.

"The person who wrote it sent me 300 messages in the last three years, and I didn't answer him. So when it's bad - that's what happens. It passes to me. It does not interest me at all. The public does not know that much in the industry is driven by interests, that many things are wrong."

Commentators are united in the view that after spending just a point against Denmark and Scotland, the campaign is lost.

"Obviously we want to surprise. But I hear commentators on TV, past players who got 8-0 in two games from the same Denmark. It's convenient to talk a lot on the microphone, but when they were on the pitch, they didn't do too much. Talking is easy, on the pitch it's hard."

You mean Berkowitz?

"You said. Eyal was an excellent actor. What he does in the media today is something else. Many times his style of criticism is incorrect and inappropriate, not necessarily towards me. To me he usually compliments. I speak the language. He is currently a public figure, he "Represents something, so he also has to say his criticism in a matter-of-fact way. And he knows how to say a matter-of-fact criticism when he wants to."

Maybe he was hurt because you claimed you were the best footballer in the country's history.

"I did not say that, it is a title taken out of context. They asked me if I was the greatest player of all time, and I said that even if not the greatest, I am among them. No I decide, and no need to compare players between periods.

"Everyone is caught up in the headline, but whoever read the article understood exactly what I was saying. If you ask me 'are you the greatest who has been here?', What does that mean? That the question is legitimate. I am in this category. I can say anything about myself, but others will judge ".

Why does Alon Mizrahi visit you all the time?

"That's the only thing that leaves him in the headlines. Honestly, I do not know what he has. Oded convenes, for example, sends me messages of 'well done', 'go on like this', constantly praising. "Your problem with yourself. Let's put things on the table: do not compare us, for one simple reason: because we are not on the same level. Simple."

Does the lack of paragon affect the thoughts of returning to play in Israel in the future?

"It does not make me want to go back. You know what it's like in the country, you do not score a single game - and criticism begins.

For 50-40 expatriates per season.

20 expatriates will be a disappointment.

I'm not sure I want this pressure week after week. "

Source: israelhayom

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