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"If I stayed in Betar, I could become a symbol" - Walla! Sports

2021-12-31T13:29:00.257Z


The drama surrounding leaving the capital, the championship celebrations of Hapoel fans near his home and the team miss. The retiring striker returns to the most prominent stations in his career


"If I stayed in Betar, I could become a symbol"

The drama surrounding leaving the capital ("I was on the verge of tears"), the championship celebrations of Hapoel fans near his home ("my soul was torn apart"), comparing the climax of the plane ("I conquered at a good pace from gold in the peak season").

Shlomi Arbeitman returns to the most prominent stations in his career (and in the famous interview he is actually proud)

Shlomo Weiss and Ofir Saar

31/12/2021

Friday, December 31, 2021, 3:00 p.m.

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1. The narrator in Be'er Sheva: "I did not understand what I was going through"

"It was a game against Hapoel Haifa, I got off the bench in about 70 minutes, at 0-0, when we are fighting for the championship. I get a ball from Melikson, he returns it with his chest, he returns it to me in height, I go up for a shot inside the extension, I see Melikson Molly and fun to pardon him, but in the situation I was in I said I was doing something else, that I was going to the hairdresser. I went for it and the ball came out perfect, hit the crossbar a bit and went down to the goal. "I wanted to take it all down, I did not understand what I was going through. Ever since you were a child you have been dreaming of a goal in a hairdresser, so to do it in a situation like this? .

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An unforgettable moment.

Arbeitman after the narrator (Photo: Berni Ardov)

2. Three goals against Azerbaijan: "Feeling missed by the team"

"By and large, I always feel like I was worth more on the team, there is a miss here. I had 14 appearances, but I didn't get summonses even in good times. I could have been more dominant."

"I was a young player who was invited to the team, I was all excited, and I scored a hat-trick in the debut game. Only me and Zahi Armeli did it. To win in the national uniform is a great honor, a great moment in his career. "I always feel like I was worth more on the team, there is a miss here. I had 14 appearances, but I did not receive summonses even in good times. I could have been more dominant, being a leading striker on the team."

Could have achieved more in the national uniform?

Arbeitman in team uniform, right (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)

3. The move to Belgium: "There was something beyond football"

"Every player's dream is to go to Europe, and I made that dream come true. I had a lot of fun. Where I played I scored goals, the ambition was to advance from there to a more senior league, but that did not happen. The first year in Ghent was great, "I don't dress or play when there are no strikers on the staff, all sorts of hallucinatory things. There was something beyond football. Still, I could have progressed more, but I'm always proud of my career there."

A season full of upheavals.

In Ghent uniform (Photo: Reuters)

4. The game against Malmo: "You have black eyes"

"We lost a lot of money to the club and you know you have a part in it. You have black eyes, you understand the consequences. It accompanied me for a while."

"I was a young player who came to Maccabi Haifa, and I came in as a substitute in a super important game for the club. You know a draw or a victory will take you to the next stage. You put a big goal in front of a full Bloomfield, a hard goal Outside, I touched hand over side to side with the bat to keep the game going, and I got red. "The consequences. It accompanied me for a while and even after I recovered I knew I had a debt that I needed to repay."

Did not recover for a period.

Arbeitman at Maccabi Haifa (Photo: Berni Ardov)

5. Goal in the Champions League playoffs in Austria: "I closed the corner from Malmö"

"It was against Salzburg. In this game too I came in as a substitute in 1: 1, while a super important game for the club. Here too I knew that a draw was a good result for the rematch. To the far corner. A goal like a striker should finish. I went into a treadmill, ran to the other side of the field towards the fans, 1: 2 to us. I felt in the clouds, a great moment to close this corner, I did it big time. "

The debt has been repaid.

Arbeitman (Photo: Tal Levy)

6. Alon Mizrahi's record comparison - 28 goals in one season: "Good data from Zahavi"

"In relation to a goal per minute of play, my data is better than that of Alon Mizrahi or even from the season.

"A season before that I was at Hapoel Tel Aviv for a few months, and I said that this season would look completely different. I made excellent preparation in the summer, just work. It took a while for the dam to open, but slowly it came in bundles. I scored 28 goals and in some games I came on as a substitute. In the season in general I was injured. In relation to a goal per minute of play, my data is better than that of Alon Mizrahi or even from the season Shaaran Zehavi scored 31 goals. "A season to be perfect is the 29th goal against Bnei Yehuda, which was a series for Maccabi Haifa."

An unexpected and undesirable turn to a career.

Betar fans protest after moving to Hapoel Petah Tikva (Photo: Betar.net)

7. Betar Jerusalem - from the premiere gate to Kibbutz Einat: "I could become a symbol"

"I always think in my head what would have happened if I had stayed in Betar.

There were big years after that, but if I had stayed maybe today I would have been one of the symbols of the club.

It could have been something special "

"I arrived in the middle of the season from Tobruk, a 17-year-old boy, Hanan Azulai was the coach then. I come from school to a huge club like Betar, in a frenzy, you look and see players you grew up on.

Suddenly you are put into the battle as a substitute against Ashdod away, a boy with thorns who is enthusiastic that they even let him play, in the first minutes I only did glitches to prove myself.

Suddenly the level was wide, I go up and give a goal, also get a box for the eye in the process, but do not see with the eyes and run to the audience.

There they also started to fall in love with me, it was something that does not happen much, crazy connection with a huge audience, in a very short time a young actor who came from outside suddenly there were comparisons to Eli Ohana, people admire you, all the media about me as the next pioneer.

It was an honor that could not be explained.



"Then, out of nowhere, I am transferred to Hapoel Petah Tikva, at the height of the crowd's love, with all the madness. Of Betar tell me 'spinach'. I'm on the verge of tears, signaling to them with my hands that I only want Betar and I do not know what to do, but do not worry, I will do everything to get back. After warming up for a few minutes I could not and went down to the locker room, I was still sure it was temporary and that Otto I would return to Betar. I really did everything to get back, I turned worlds, Meir Shamir already agreed, but Penigel told him he did not want to pay Isaacovich and get me back, that they have no money. It always crosses my mind what would have happened if I had stayed in Betar. There were big years after that, but if I had stayed I might have been one of the club's symbols today.It could have been something special, but it was not up to me. "

8. Pass Pass It's a Cam: "I will always stay proud in this moment"

"I'm not ashamed to do it, even proud. I did not know English well, but I went with confidence. I will always remain proud in this moment."

"You come to a foreign country, without speaking English, it's your turn to speak, the coach sends you to speak and you go, trying to do your best. I thought it went well, but after a day or two I see the celebrations. Channel 10, Channel 2, I did not understand What's going on with me, about them crazy and very quickly also suggestions for commercials in English. I did not understand what I did and what's going on here. To this day I say - I'm not ashamed that I did it, even proud. I did not know English well, but I went with confidence. Without English and a few months before this interview I started studying.

I will always remain proud in this moment.

And as long as they talk about me and it interests everyone, it's good. "

Kept his word.

Arbeitman in Hapoel Haifa uniform (Photo: Ginny)

9. The goal of staying at Hapoel Haifa: "I had to give back to Yoav for the trust"

"There was a time when Yoav Katz was about to leave the country and did not know when he would return. He convened a meeting of players and said, 'Shlomi, I trust you to keep us in the league.' A move came that I kicked from a 0-ball angle that went in and actually equalized to 1: 1 and left the team in the league. It was so important to me for Yoav, I did not go at the beginning of the year and he believed in me so much and trusted me. "You must repay him big time."

Everything went upside down.

In the famous game against Bnei Yehuda (Photo: Berni Ardov)

10. The championship that went: "Hapoel's celebrations were on my mind"

"At that time I lived near the Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, I came home and the Hapoel celebrations were on my mind, I heard everything and it tore my soul"

"This is not Bnei Yehuda, we lost the championship on our own. Nothing went, from the first second only misses, Ran Kadosh catches a big day, you are behind and 'sits' on Bnei Yehuda and nothing goes. We managed to compare, but nothing went. This can not happen - the offset, we also scored more points, Hapoel Tel Aviv also beat Betar Teddy in the 92nd minute in an inconceivable way, everything went upside down.

As the game ended the ears straight turned to Teddy, you understand what's going on and everyone on the grass is finished, you do not digest that it happened, to this day I do not digest.

Can things happen in football but such things?

Connect all the events that happened that day and that season, and it's inconceivable.

The worst thing was that at that time I lived near the Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, I came home and Hapoel's celebrations were on my mind, I heard everything and it tore my soul. "

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