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A slap in the face for all of us: no one is surprised by Guy Luzon anymore - voila! sport

2022-10-01T06:07:42.173Z


Why are we not surprised by Guy Luzon's slap in the face of Ziv Morgan? Because this is the man, this is the family, this is the association, these are the norms. The Israeli national team used to be a state institution


A slap in the face for all of us: no one is surprised by Guy Luzon anymore

Why are we not surprised by Guy Luzon's slap in the face of Ziv Morgan?

Because this is the man, this is the family, this is the association, these are the norms.

Once upon a time the Israeli national team was a state and representative institution, today the coach himself is already talking about his time in Bucharest

Paz Hasdai

01/10/2022

Saturday, October 1, 2022, 09:00

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So why are we not surprised by Guy Luzon's slap in the face of Ziv Morgan?



First of all, because it is a sport, which is a violent and emotional arena.

We know quite a few stories about violent coaches and aggressive training methods, but even in soccer such "motivational slaps" appear from time to time, when in one of the famous promos for the Argentinian league, players are seen coming onto the field from the tunnel and each of them receives a slap in the face from the team manager.

Of course, these situations always bring to mind Bobby Knight, the legendary college coach, who would yell at his players on the bench while holding their hands in a menacing manner, explaining that "at this level of adrenaline from 19-year-old guys, it's the only way to address them...everyone hears but only Only a few are able to listen."



In Luzon's defense, it should be said that this was not a violent, forceful and authoritarian slap whose purpose was to intimidate and dominate.

However, this is clearly an outdated training method.

The very fact that Bobby Knight is mentioned illustrates how irrelevant this tactic is, which is jarring to the viewer: it is never pleasant to see an older man hitting a young man under his guidance, even if it seems "friendly" and obvious to him and his parents.



And yet, it seems that this slap stirred the general public more, and not the people who are already immersed in the mud of the swamp.

Because we, beyond the fact that it is already difficult to surprise or shock us, we already know the members of the Luzon family very well.

I don't mean to slander an entire family, the normative slogans will forgive me, but at least those in the football world are not remembered well, especially when it comes to style.

My father was forceful and regularly attacked judges, Itzik (beyond his involvement in crimes) was aggressive, and just recently Amos was seen celebrating at a birthday party and as a joke claims that "Janus brutally" whoever does not go on stage.

What kind of joke is that?

Is anyone really surprised? (Photo: screenshot, from the TV broadcast on the sports channel)

Of course, a man is not responsible for the actions of his family members, and this should not tarnish Guy, but yes it can be said that these were his "godfathers" in the world of football, and it is likely that beyond the fact that they paved his way to the industry and gave him the opportunity, he also absorbed the norms from them and the mindset, which has always been characterized by a combination of forcefulness and rapprochement.

And that already explains why after the game it didn't even occur to him to apologize or withdraw from the move.

Like my father and Amos, Guy Luzon also lives with the feeling of "don't mess with my brain".



It is true that on the day after the game he recognized the media storm, perhaps he also received a "recommendation" from the people of the association to cool the spirits - but in the same interview after the game he sounded quite right when he said "It's not a slap, it's a caress... When I give a slap, it's a slap, you feel it ".

How many slaps are you already giving, Mr. Coach?

Did you brag now that you know how to hit hard?

The same fan of Maccabi Petah Tikva, whom Guy threatened "I will slaughter you, I will kill you"



But as it is customary to say in these cases, "it's Guy", so the problem in this case is not necessarily with Guy but with the people who specifically chose him to coach Israel's youth team.

Recently, Eyal Berkovic told about a conversation he had with the chairman of the association, when he offered himself for the position of coach of the national team. According to Berkovic, Hasson told him "For me it's fine, go talk to Shino." Shino told him "For me it's fine, go talk With Stern." Halova told him, "For me it's fine, but...", and in the end it didn't go through. A small, marginal, anecdotal story that illustrates part of the conduct, the "mechanisms" and the way of making decisions. So you understand why we are not surprised From Guy Luzon's slap in Ziv Morgan's face?

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Of course, a person is not responsible for the actions of his family members, and this should not tarnish Guy, but you can say that these were his "godfathers" in the world of football.

Guy next to Amos Luzon (Photo: Liron Moldovan)

Once upon a time, "Israeli national team" was a respectable term.

A footballer's dream.

State institution.

Because of that statehood, fans once did not dare to boo the players in the national team, even if they loathed them.

But even once they wouldn't have dared to call Omar Azili to the national team.



When the youth team players got involved in the Koblenz case, the big embarrassment was that it happened in the mandatory representative framework.

Because they represented the country.

There was a sense of shame.

As a result, those involved were removed from the team.

But since then the norms have deteriorated.

Public visibility is not important.

Once the country made fun of the affair of the escort girls and mischievous acts in the rooms, today the coach himself is already joking about a questionable time spent in Bucharest live on television.

There is no point in bothering with the image, the values, only the results.

A coach can be a person with a problematic image, threaten a fan "I will slaughter you", steal from his player, and nothing, whatever it is, the main thing is the victory.

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Source: walla

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