A particularly stormy day passed for the people of Kiryat Shmona. It started with an interview with Izzy Shretzky in which he firmly attacked coach Slovo Drapic and stated that he will not continue next season. In Kiryat Shmona, there were those who worried that Drapich would resign, but the coach talked at length with Yossi Edri, the manager, and with his agent, Shimon Abuhatzira. The agent who knows Shretzky well from his time the player on the team reassured the coach when Drapich himself decided to continue as usual.
Those who did not continue as usual are the players, who in a pre-match conversation asked each other to fight for the coach. Even after the goals and the whistle for the end, all the players wanted Drapich in an obvious gesture, especially when his struggle is with the owner and it seems that the players chose a side. “The players behaved like a bunch of great people,” a team source said. “Everyone was behind Slobo and he really has great appreciation for him in the system.”
Now the club’s leaders will try to initiate a conversation between Drapich and Shretzky in order for us to combine things and embark on a new path. “We have to remember that we were the last place Slobo came,” said a player on the team. “It’s important that this matter is behind us.” Even after the game, Retzky refused to apologize and said that the proof that the team won the offensive game says that he is right, but the club will make efforts as stated that the two will meet and embark on a new path. Sport1 has learned that three weeks ago, the club’s leaders discussed with Drapich the possibility of extending his contract.
In Kiryat Shmona, the players were complimented on a great display against the champion when now the club will try to do the unbelievable and qualify for the top playoffs: “If we beat Be’er Sheva it will definitely be possible,” said a player on the team. “Obviously it seems very far away but we will not give up.”