Izzy Shretzky is not one to guard his stomach. The owner of Kiryat Shmona was interviewed by “5 in the Air” and harshly criticized the form of play of his team and the coach, Slobodan Drapic.
“The coach plays every game without strikers, even though he told me about the Brazilian striker we brought that there were no such things in the country. It never happened to me that my team did not kick a goal once in three games,” Shretzky said. “I will not bet. We will probably stay in the league, so I raised my hands. In any case, Drapich will continue until the end of the season, if we go down in the league, then we will go down in the league.”
“In the last game, Drapich started with one striker, Itamar Shabiru. Can I play with one striker, that I educated Barak Bachar and Ran Ben Shimon to play with 3 strikers?”, Shretzky continued, “The way he has to play. From the moment it is not pre-determined, then that is already my problem. Drapch will finish the season, but will never train with me again.”
“I made a budget for the season that I will not do again in my life,” Shretzky attacked. “Nowhere else. I do not want Drapich to resign, but for him to stay. My fear is of relegation, I just want us to stay.”
“To tell the truth, Drapich did nothing good for Kiryat Shmona. We play with 5 knots, it’s not football. It’s hard for me to see the team play like that.”
Later, Shretzky clarified the procedure for appointing the coach to KS: “CEO Yossi Edri is the one who appointed him. At first I wanted Shai Barda, I called him and he did not answer me. By the time he came back to me, I had already closed with Drapich. Slobo is a coach. “From defense, Breda is an attacking coach. I want to enjoy football.”
Shimon Abuhatzira, Slobodan Drapic’s agent responded: “Drapic will come to the game against Maccabi Haifa. You don’t have to pay attention to everything Izzy Shretzky says. In football sometimes such and such things come out, but he appreciates Slobo very much. I am aware of what is happening and everything is under control. Slobo will remain the KS coach until the end of the season.