Paulo Sousa shocked Poland a month ago when he resigned as national team coach and chose to sign as Brazilian Flamengo coach.
Today (Saturday) Sousa also told Coaches Voice magazine in a personal column about this issue, but among other things he remembered his year in Israel, when he coached Maccabi Tel Aviv and shared the difficulty of understanding the Israeli player's mentality.
"It was not easy to deal with the players in Israel," Sousa wrote, "at first I did not understand their mentality. But the club, the players and the league itself had to learn a lot about new tactics, and they developed with the help of foreign coaches who came to Maccabi Tel Aviv and expressed new ideas for local football. For me, the work was mostly mental, and only then did the physical aspect come. "
On working with Jordi Cruyff, he said: "We went through a process to get to know each other and fit in with each other. He is a demanding professional with a strong personality, just like me. Although we had different ideas about football, we reached agreements and we had a relatively excellent system. "
About Eran Zehavi, Sousa said: "He developed very much during his short period in Italy. He learned to understand the game, he developed his abilities. This period helped to realize the potential that was inherent in him later on."
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