Omar Peretz in a special interview: "I miss you very much. This year passed quickly"

"Only when it's over do you realize the magnitude of the longing and loss. I would like to tell him that in the end he is my father and I love him very much."

A year after the death of Vicky Peretz, his son Omar is still having a hard time digesting: "I did not think such a disaster could occur, he was probably very lonely"

Yaniv Tuchman

18/07/2022

Monday, July 18, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

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Vicky Peretz's Funeral Ceremony (Video Photography: Yotam Ronen, Editing: Nir Chen)

19 Tammuz, the anniversary of the death of Vicky Peretz. This morning (Monday), Omer Peretz and his family visited the cemetery exactly 12 months, according to the Hebrew date, since the funeral that shook the Israeli sports world so much. And quite a bit of sand and also from those who won an impressive European career, put an end to his life after not simple torments, especially mental.

Son Omar Peretz, today the coach of Hapoel Kfar Saba, still has a hard time living with it. In a special interview. "I experienced the death of Avi Cohen up close and as each year passed, I did not understand how it passes so quickly.

With Dad this year has been a missile.

It hurts a lot and it's still hard for me to digest.

Sitting on me all the time are the reasons that made him do what he did.

It hurts me how he passed away. "

"It's still hard for me to digest."

Omar Peretz with his father Vicki (Photo: Maariv, Eli Dassah)

"I think about it. If he put an end to his life this way, his head was in very hard thoughts all the time. It hurts me. Dad was probably very lonely."

Do you think about him a lot?

"I think that someone like my father, who was a legend here to a great many people and one of the leading players in our country, has reached a point where he will end his life like this."

"I think about it. If he put an end to his life this way, his head would be in very hard thoughts all the time. It hurts me. Dad was probably very lonely."

"He left a notebook left with Iris, his second wife. I have not seen to this day what is in the notebook."

"I was not in touch before what happened to Iris and his family and even now we are not in touch. She told some people that this notebook was for them and that he directed things to them. I do not know what is right and what is wrong, but I will not get into these matters."

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"It was huge for a lot of people."

Vicki broke out in his days as a footballer with his son Adi (Photo: Maariv, Adi Avishai)

"There are a lot of moments that made him and me a lot of pride. These are experiences we both had. He was a great player and managed to bring in a son who would also be a footballer. He was very proud of those moments."

If you could say a few words to him.

"There are a lot of things I would like to talk to. A father and son conversation, and some corners that should have been closed between us. To tell him that in the end he is my father and I love him very much. Father is father and son is son and life has led us in several directions."

"When he accompanied me to Strasbourg and I signed there, he was very happy. When I was captain of the boys' team and we won a tournament in Ireland. There are many moments that made him and me very proud. These are experiences we both had. He was a great player and managed to get a son to be a footballer. I am proud of those moments. "

"I abandoned most of the anger a long time ago. Certainly not because he put an end to his life. I learned in life to give up anger, but there were some people who promised him things and did not keep them and for that I am disappointed and a little angry."

"It wasn't too crowded. We didn't publish much either. Some family and friends."

"I neglected most of the anger."

Omar Peretz at a funeral a year ago (Photo: Udi Citiat)

"When I came to the hospital he was still not dead. The next day he died because the brain injury was very severe. It was impossible to even think of a miracle. As I entered his hospital room, I realized it was over."

Didn't you fear he would end his life?

"I had no idea that such a disaster could occur."

"A close friend who lives next to Dad called and told me something had happened to Dad. I thought he was injured by something. I did not think about suicide at all. I called Dad, his cell phone and his wife Iris answered me. She told me and told me he was taken to the hospital. Lou from Iris first who is my mother also two children. Dad had two wives - Iris and Iris. I was not in touch with his second wife. I called Dad's phone and she said to me: 'Vicky committed suicide and he is in intensive care'. When I came to the hospital he was still not dead. "The next day he died because the brain injury was very severe. It was impossible to even think of a miracle. As I entered his room at the hospital, I realized it was over."

"Dad was huge for a lot of people. Getting to a point where you put an end to smiling, you're probably in a lost state of mind."

"I do not believe that anything has been learned. When disasters happen, everyone wakes up and talks for a week or two, and then returns to their mess in life."

"I miss you very much. Now more than ever. When it's over you understand the magnitude of the longing and the loss. You understand these are things that will never happen again. I keep telling my friends and my players to spend as much time with their parents as possible, because it's over very quickly. Too fast and too early. "

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