Natcho: "I wouldn't have made it to the national team if I didn't think I was good enough" - voila! sport

Summary of today's events in sports, 18.11 (Sport1)

The Israeli national team beat Zambia 2:4 dramatically on Thursday in a preparatory match for the 2024 European Championship qualifiers, which will start in March, and tomorrow (Sunday, 6:30 p.m.) Shlomo Insurance Stadium in Petah Tikva will also host a match of the national team - this time hosting Cyprus.

Ahead of Cyprus, coach Alon Hazan said: "Our goal first and foremost is to promote our team, so that we don't have to make adjustments each time according to the opponent, but that we adapt to ourselves the way we want to play and the desire to always win. If we are better than Cyprus? I don't I want to compare. I know we are a good team."

The expected rotation: "There are players who played 90 minutes in the last game and some of them came after many games in Europe and in the league, Beavers is under a lot of load - we tried to divide the previous game and we will try to do it this time as well and allow the players to play."

On his relationship with Natheko, who did not participate in the previous game: "I do not intend to give him anything out of kindness or mercy, everything he receives in the national team is by virtue. I am the one who makes the decisions and unfortunately he was not a participant in the previous game, but I really try to neutralize the The relationships I have with certain players and the emotions to manage things in the most professional way."

Planning an even wider rotation.

Cantor (Photo: Shlomi Gabai)

On Zambia's comeback from a double deficit: "Fortunately, this doesn't happen to us for many minutes in many games, but against Zambia it happened. It was a classic preparation game, because through these things we see what isn't working right and can help us to improve them for the future."

Hazan was also asked once more about the lack of Eran Zahavi: "I would have been very happy for Eran Zahavi to be a part of the national team, but things happened that did not allow that. I believe that everything can be solved, but it takes two to tango."

To Hazan's words, Captain Beavers Natcho added: "It is true that there will be games in which I will play a little less, but that is fine. I am aware of that. When I am on the field, I will do my best. The day I am satisfied with the fact that I am not playing, I will say to Alon, 'Thank you and don't invite me.' I'm an athlete and I want to play as much as possible, of course the team's success is the most important, but I believe I can contribute, I wouldn't come if I didn't think I was good enough - I'm not bored at home."

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There is something to learn from the game against Zambia.

Hazan and Natcho (Photo: Shlomi Gabai)

Unlike the game against the Zambians, the national coach Alon Hazan is expected to make several changes in the lineup - both out of a desire to distribute loads and to give the players of the general squad important minutes for them in the international arena.

It is already clear that Daniel Peretz will stand between the rafters and will actually make his debut.

Miguel Vitor, as I remember, has already been released on vacation in Portugal, and it is not impossible that Dor Peretz and Raz Shlomo, who came off the bench and played together as a pair of brakes in the closing minutes against Zambia, will cooperate in the center of the defense.

Earlier, the Cyprus press conference was also held, during which coach Timur Katsafia claimed: "I watched the Israeli national team and I know that it is good and that it has quality players, but there is always a chance to win - even if, unfortunately, we will be missing important players."

Katsafia, who in the past was a candidate to coach Maccabi Tel Aviv, was asked about Eran Zahavi and said: "I don't know why he is not in the national team, he is one of the best players Israel has. There are probably better players if he is not here,

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