The management of the Football Association decided today (Thursday) to approve by a majority vote the continuation of Willy Rotensteiner’s term as coach of the Israeli national team. As in the locating committee, in which he opposed the move of the chairman of the professional committee, Shino Zuarez, the board of the association also had two members of the board who criticized the move initiated by Oren Hasson and voted against his Austrian stay as national coach.
At the same time, the chairman of the association has won a majority of the board members regarding the continuation of the Austrian tenure and he will lead the Israeli senior team until 2022 when a decision on a technical director will be made later. Rotensteiner He said: “It is a great honor for me to coach the team and a lot of responsibility. It excites me that our top players told me I did a good job and they wanted me to stay. In the seven games I coached we did a good job despite the disappointment of the loss to Scotland. This is the most important thing. I want to thank all the fans who support us from home. “
Hasson noted that the technical director who will arrive will be accompanied and coached by Rotensteiner, who will also be responsible for coaching coaches. The chairman of the association confirmed the news on the sports channel that the Austrian will receive special bonuses for promotion to a higher rank and of course to reach the World Cup.
He stood by Hasson, who presented the recommendation for Rotensteiner Eli Ohana He said: “He brought significant achievements. It has nothing to do with the players wanting him. He brought professionalism, the team shows good football and the conduct is great.” A Betar Jerusalem representative was surprised when he said that the search committee had unanimously decided to continue on his way, and many members of the management raised an eyebrow at the fact that Zoarz was against the move and even issued a detailed statement on the matter.
The association’s board member, and Betar Tel Aviv Bat – Yam representative Lior Shechter and another board member, Shaul Schneider, asked for the right to speak and demanded to know why Rotensteiner did not remain as technical director, a position for which he came. “It’s a mistake to appoint him coach,” he said Schneider“We do not conduct a proper process for a long period of time, but every time we plug holes and harm the progress of Israeli football. It is important to take a professional manager and not move him to other things for the benefit of the future of football.”
Shechter He clarified: “I objected to the appointment of him as coach and I have much praise for his role as technical manager. Unfortunately, once you decide to give up a technical manager – go last.” Ariel Sheiman One of the veterans of the Football Association and who has often served as head of the team in the Austrian-era team said: “Willie did not want to be a technical manager, but only a coach.”
As reported on the sports channel, Rotensteiner is pushing for the appointment of a foreign technical director. Ronen Hershko, the only Israeli representative at FIFA and responsible for the largest organization in Australia and New Zealand, will take a central part in the technical and development side of the young teams. If he is appointed foreign director, he will not live in Israel and sometimes come to see the plan work.
Even before the vote on Rotensteiner’s continuation, the chairman of the Football Association, Oren Hasson, chose to remove the discussion on the issue of members of the secretariat from the agenda. Hasson stated that he is negotiating with the Maccabi Center and will present the agreements on the matter. Sources at the Maccabi Center noted that Hasson also met with officials at the Hapoel Center and tried to calm down after realizing that in this battle he would have a hard time winning. As mentioned, Hasson put Ariel Sheiman and Barak Kana in place of Moran Meiri and Moshe Goldstein and the court ruled that he was not allowed to do so without the previous Maccabi representatives.
In addition, Hasson noted that there is an increase in planned revenues from NIS 81 million to NIS 93 million as a result, mainly due to a larger transfer of funds by UEFA. It was also announced that the Norwegian Football Association will compensate its counterpart from Israel by 100,000 euros It is scheduled to take place on November 11 and has been canceled.