Nir Klinger is having a difficult year at Hapoel Tel Aviv. The results are late in arriving, the ability is not impressive to say the least and the reviews are floating in the Khodorov complex. Tonight (Tuesday), the coach aired on the sports channel’s radio show – “5 on the Air” – and provided a personal point of view regarding the condition of his team and the arrows he is absorbing from the media.
“I do not like the disgusting discourse that currently exists around Israeli football. I do not like the disrespect and leaks, I am used to being treated differently,” Klinger began, “When I fail, it is part of my construction as a human being. “” Poor thing. I’m not part of the game.
“Not ashamed to accept criticism and fail, also learn from it, but do not like the poor discourse. There may be players or coaches who have a less good season, so does that mean the player can no longer play?”, Klinger added, “If a coach does not go a little Lou, so that’s it? He has no idea anymore? “
“I’m not a person who lives in another world, it’s legitimate to criticize Hapoel Tel Aviv and me,” the coach continued, “when there are disciplinary violations or the players don’t count you, then it’s legitimate to blame the coach, but that’s not the case here. I will not criticize my actors in public life and I will not harm them publicly. What I have to say, I tell them in private. “
“Hapoel Tel Aviv is not a sporting tragedy. The situation hurts for all of us. I was not born in Hapoel Tel Aviv and I died from it,” he said candidly. “This is a period that needs to be strengthened and learned from. Bring in players, then come to improve. Hapoel Tel Aviv is a super brand in Israeli football, will not help anyone. Manchester United were also laughed at a year ago, and now they are touching first place. this is life. The choice is to fight or to give up, and I will never give up. “
Before the end, Klinger was asked if he had the thought of finishing the training episode and moving to the commentator position – a role that is known to be played by quite a few past players. To this he replied unequivocally: “I can not replace these moments of winning a championship or a cup or a victory over Ajax. I can not replace it with a chair in the studio.”