"The hero of Israel, the pink panther, the goalkeeper of the future", these were some of the protests received by Daniel Peretz, the goalkeeper of the young team, after his heroic performance last night (Saturday), in the penalty shootout against Ireland, in which he stopped 3 penalty kicks from 11 meters, scored a goal himself and arranged for the team a third appearance in history in the European Championship.
The morning after qualifying and the celebrations in the Bloomfield Stadium locker room, Peretz remained humble.
"It will be hard for me to sleep in the coming days, the game and the penalties are something that will run through my mind. I feel amazing. I was not the star, but the team, because of the way we played. The ball had to go in before me and in the end karma was with us," said the goalkeeper, "I asked Guy Luzon to kick , he straight up told me yes. I believed in myself and God willing I also scored a goal and we did it."
On the note he prepared for himself for the penalties: "I made it before, we've seen other great goalkeepers in the world do it. I wrote down all kinds of things for myself there. I give my 100% in every game. Sometimes I save the team and sometimes they save me. Almost And they didn't reach me to score in 120 minutes of this game and it reached the team that I will repay them."
Peretz celebrated last night, photo: Alan Shiver
Dreaming of moving to a team in Europe?
"My dream is to play in the biggest teams in the world, but I prefer to watch closely, practice after practice, game after game. Preference? I'm a football fanatic and really like the English, Spanish and German leagues."
Peretz said about the many games this season:
"Mentally it's more difficult than physically. I'm coming from a game against Beitar Jerusalem to a decisive game in the national team, and then to the most decisive game, and now to the game of the season against Maccabi Haifa and then a derby, but the best way is to concentrate on each game individually."
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