Eran Zehavi Continues to intrigue the Dutch media, and ahead of the intriguing game tomorrow (Sunday, 15:30) against the Israeli striker Feyenoord was interviewed and talked about the difficult start, the improvement that came later, the obsession to train and the collaboration with Daniel Mullen.
“The younger players here need to see how the older ones deal with success, as well as with moments of crisis in the season. In six years, I will sit in front of the TV and say, ‘Nice, I played with this and that at PSV, look where they are now,'” he said. “The Israeli with his young teammates. In September he arrived at the stadium and saw on the walls pictures of Romario, Ronaldo and Van Nisterloi:” It will be nice if I have my corner here in two years, “he added.
By Christmas, Zahavi had scored 3 goals in 10 games at all establishments, but after the winter break exploded with 12 in 15 games, including goals against Ajax and Olympiacos: “My start here was the hardest part of my career. I do not like to excuse, I I always want to prove myself. In football this is the ‘overall package’, it’s not just on the pitch. I had a long season in China, I made the move, there was a closure and three children at home, in a country where everything is new. I fell ill in Corona, could not train “All the bad things came together. What is it?” “The goals against Ajax? It was a great relief. I went through something.”
Zehavi referred to the many reviews that are published about him in the various media: “Articles can be published, but it is nothing compared to the pressure I put on myself. You do not want to be in my head, always stormy there. I am very critical of myself. Even in my good performances I think I could do More.
The Israeli said of the training obsession: “It’s a suitable word. My wife is used to it, even though sometimes it drives her crazy. Even on holidays she knows I train between 8 and 11 in the morning. If we get two days off, I take one off and train on the other day.”
Finally, the striker talked about the combination with Daniel Mullen: “When things don’t work out we say there are problems between us. It’s simple: we’re both strikers and strikers should be a little selfish. If you’re wide and you can kick, you kick. It’s the right thing for a striker. I do not take the It’s personal when he makes that choice. We do not talk about it, because then it will become something big and it does not have to be that way. I’m not here to take his place. He has his whole career ahead of him. Not like me, he’s still going to make the leap The step. “