After a period of difficult acclimatization, which included Corona, criticism from the Dutch media and in the form of gates, Eran Zehavi Begins to show his ability in the Dutch league. Just before the intriguing meeting with Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven’s acquisition gave an interview to the local media today (Friday) and addressed a variety of issues.
Zehavi has yet to meet the crowd at Philips Stadium since landing at the start of the season in the Netherlands, and has been asked about the feelings of the football game behind closed doors. “I feel like a singer without an audience,” said the star of the team, “even if I sing the most beautiful songs, no one will applaud. The fans are a significant part of football for me. I like to make people happy. It gives me energy.”
On the isolation period when he came out positive on the Corona test he said: “I felt crazy. Like I just had a cold without fever. And the Corona test on the team was negative. I even scored a hat-trick against Slovakia. Still, I kept feeling unwell, so before training with Eindhoven I called Roger Schmidt ( “And I said I wanted to be tested again. This time the test came out positive.”
“All in all, it lasted a week and a half, including the days when I was probably sick in Israel. Harder than the infection itself was the fact that I had to keep my distance from the club I signed up to recently. I wanted to meet my teammates. If you do not know, you can not understand one The other and support each other. “
On the decision to move to Eindhoven and the relationship with Roger Schmidt, Zahavi said: “We kept in touch. When my contract at Gwangju ended, there was an opportunity. There were more offers for more money, but Eindhoven’s felt the best.” My coach at Guangzhou, Giovanni Van Bronckhost recommended me to Eindhoven: “He said it was a good and competitive club that played offensive football that would make me enjoy it.”
In the Netherlands, too, they did not miss the incident of throwing the captain’s armband in the game against Northern Macedonia in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, about which Zahavi said: “I did not control my emotions. I felt like I was blamed for everything that happened in the team. Time and time again. And yet, I think I made a big mistake. My ego and emotions took over me.
The PSV striker, will be 34 this summer, but believes he can give another 3-4 years on the pitch: “There are a lot of top players who continue to play at an older age than me: Luis Suarez, Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. If you have a professional approach, keep setting yourself high goals and work hard, you can do it. “
Zehavi said of his goals after retirement: “My wife has been going with me everywhere in the world for years. She will have a heart attack if I say so, but yes, that is my goal is to coach. Six years ago I started a coaching course in Israel that I never finished because of moving to China. “Being a player, the sequel to my football will come. I feel I can influence the players’ careers. It’s part of who I am.”
