How is Holland different from Bribo and Weissman?

Eliel Peretz has become one of the senior legionnaires of Israeli football in Europe this season. The 25-year-old has started his second season at the Austrian Wolfsburg in excellent shape and has already scored no less than four goals and three assists in the league, with his team and striker Thai Baribo, surprisingly placed second after seventeen rounds.

After a difficult period last season, which caused him to miss the second half of the season, breach Did not raise his hands. He underwent a difficult rehabilitation in Israel, in order to return to the current season more mature and ready, which has proven itself. Now, in a special interview with ONE, he talks about the different career path, what did not work for Maccabi Tel Aviv where he grew up, the Austrian league and the summons to the Israeli team that did not take place.

Eliel, what works for you this year that did not work last year?

“I think I started well last year. Although I was not a car player in the first half of the year, I was involved in the league and the cup and we also went through a stage in Europe. Then we came back from the break and I was injured. The second half of the year was difficult for me because I was absent from the pitches for close to five months. I had a fracture in my foot in the fifth comb. I rotated my leg after the second workout back from the break. I returned to training in March and after two weeks I was injured again and finished the season. “

What’s going through your mind?

“Not a simple situation. In the first injury I was strong and told myself it sucks, but it happens. The second time I took it hard. You understand you have to come to terms with the fact that you finished the season and it’s something that has not happened to me anymore, and more abroad. In the first injury my partner was with me and in my second injury I was alone. I was strong and I knew the season would come back ready and stronger. I packed my things, went to Israel and here I did the rehabilitation and surgery. So I did not stay in Austria alone. “

Have you not thought about returning to Israel?

“No. I’m not one to give up. I played last season in both the Europa League and the league and saw that I fit those levels. I did not have the part of coming back so fast. I did not want to feel missed. I told myself I would continue another season, I will do better and mostly stable. .

Were there groups that wanted you in the summer in Israel?

“Yes. There was interest. The agent talked to me about all kinds of groups, but it’s not that I told him look what they say, let’s try to promote it, etc. I said I was not interested in returning to the country, that I wanted to end my contract here and then see what happens. “.

The group also wanted you to stay?

“It should be said to their credit that yes. We sat together, we had a conversation and agreed that we continue as usual. I was told they wanted to see me more successful than last season.”

Then comes the second season, and you could say you became a very significant screw in Wolfsburger.

“I started training, I knew I was opening a new page and that the first year was a year of acclimatization. I knew I had a final year in the contract and I came much more prepared and strong in mind. Things also worked out.”

How significant was the joining of cells in the summer?

“I think it’s a blessed thing and it’s a privilege. Playing alone abroad is not easy. We are Jewish people and believe, there are the Sabbaths and holidays. Beyond that we are not in a central city like Vienna that has something to do. It’s fun to have someone with you from the same mentality, the same language. Thai is also a man of faith, we are together in a room and laughing. Sometimes there are five or six hour trips to the bus games and suddenly you have an Israeli with you and it’s fun. Also on the pitch, we have a better connection than I have with the other striker because we came from the same country. I think if he had been with me here last year even, it would have been more critical, because of the long closure. I think that for him, too, in the first year he goes abroad, it is good that he has someone to help him adapt and introduce him to places. “

Peretz left Israel as stated at the start of last season. Although he was one of the most prominent players in the youth team, he failed to make a mark in the senior team when he was sent on loan to Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel Hadera, which also acquired him and through him he set out on the European experience through his agent Gilad Katsav.

You talked about not really counting the Israeli league but only in the majors, but you got your recognition in general at Hapoel Hadera.

“Yes. I did a different route. Listen, from Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa it is even harder to go abroad. Not because the players there are not good, but because the clubs want more money and clubs abroad have a perception not to pay an Israeli player an amount that is unfounded. . This is why it has been seen in recent years that there are not many players coming out of there. This is something proven, I’m not talking based on hypotheses. “At Maccabi Tel Aviv I did not adapt, I did not play enough and I did not show myself. I had to go to her room to prove myself.”

Eliel Peretz in the Hapoel Hadera uniform

Is this something that sits in your head? You often said that you wanted to be at Maccabi and prove yourself. Maybe players who grew up in Maccabi understand that it is possible to leave other teams?

“It’s true that I said I wanted to return to Maccabi at the time when I was on loan at Bnei Yehuda and in my first year in Hadera, because it’s natural. You want to return to play for a big club vying for titles. Maybe this is not the place for me. I have to go somewhere else to be successful. “Because in the end, if they did not believe I could do it with them, then that does not mean I can not do it.”

“I believed in myself that I had the ability to move to another team and do it there. Today you see that some of the players who go abroad are not necessarily from the big teams. If it’s Manor Solomon, Liel Abda, players from Ashdod, Hapoel Haifa. You see that leaving Maccabi Haifa or Maccabi Tel Aviv is not the only way. If you’re good enough, any group can make that transition. I think people understand that it is possible to make the move to Europe without giving these two years this year at a big club. “

How do you analyze what happened to you at Maccabi? who is to blame?

“I do not think I am to blame. In the end they are the ones who decided to sell me or lend me. I think in the games I played and in the time I was, yes I was good. It was just those times we did not take degrees and then Ben Mansford came and decided to make changes. It’s fine, it’s Not something bad. I’m happy today about where I am, I’m glad it happened because otherwise I would not have gotten where I came in. If one group tells you they do not believe in you or you are not good enough, it does not necessarily mean it’s true. It’s beautiful and everyone went on their way. “

You did not go abroad as a big star. Even today, your name is not really in the headlines in relation to other legionnaires.

“I do not control it. I’m not one to talk a lot in the media, but the season I left my room I made amazing numbers and there was no talk about it. In the end, I’m not looking to be cheated in the media and say I’m a star. “I want to be valued by the media but by professionals, which is the most important thing. You should be asked in the media why I am not mentioned. I do not deal with it, to be honest.”

But maybe this quiet is good for you?

“To me he does well. That you are going to sign with the team, you do not look at how many times they have written about you in the newspaper. Whoever wants to sign you with the team looks at data of expatriates, cooks and minutes of play. That’s what matters.”

Are you valued?

“I think so. On the part of everyone who saw me play, on the part of the teams I was on.”

And in the team? How much did you expect to receive a summons?

“Given the ability I display and the games I play, I think I should have looked at it and expected to be there. I was disappointed, but it’s okay and I’ll have to work harder and show that I deserve it. If they talked to me? Not at all. Honestly, I do not know if Willy Due”.

How is the Austrian league? The comparisons are talked about quite a few times.

“Speaking professionally, it’s no secret that the league here is a league that quite a few teams integrate in the European factories and in addition advanced players here to the big leagues. This is a more respected league than Israel. Every year three or four teams compete in Europe: there is Salzburg. There is Rapid Vienna and Lasek Linz. Us, who in the last three years have done beautiful things in Europe. In Israel, apart from Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, there is no team that has reached a European framework. “And this is another good case, because usually only one group succeeds. In the European framework, you are exposed to more scouts.”

“In terms of level, there is a difference because it is not the same style of football. The style in the country is much more defensive or tactical. The style here is more offensive, more high pressure and football of goals. Less style of ten players behind the ball all the time and afraid to lose. “In terms of quality, there are those with better quality and there are less good ones.”

But do you understand why it is said that Israeli strikers are successful in Austria because it is a so-called easy league?

“It’s not just the Israelis. All the attacking players here are exposed to give more goals. If in Israel a player gets a chance or two in a game, here come three or four dangerous opportunities. Convenient opportunities I call it. Football here is more open. I do not know why people tend. Underestimate it, but it’s a net style of play. I hear a lot of people say the Austrian league is easy: so no, that’s not true. People like to underestimate. Sean has made 31 goals here and it’s something that will not come back. “It’s not even in Salzburg. Salzburg sold Dhaka to Leicester for 30 million euros this year and he scored 22 goals. Holland was sold to Dortmund and Sean in the top scorers was then above him. How are Holland and Dhaka different from Bribo, Weissman or another striker?”

But so far, pioneers from Israel have succeeded there. How much more challenging is it to be successful as a relationship?

“It’s definitely more challenging. Football here is more dynamic and wide to wide. The rhythms are different, but you know? I look at the big leagues and Austrian football is also considered football that is played at a high pace, so it prepares me for the next level.”

How Sean is a legend at Wolfsburger? After all, you are there every day.

“For them he’s an idol. He’s given a crazy season here and he’s the biggest deal they’ve had. “You see that he also opened the doors to Israelis: I, Thai and you will know if there will be no more ambassadors here.”

Where do you see yourself going from here? You end a contract in the summer.

“First of all, I’m looking at the upcoming games and how to make a successful season. The dream? To get to one of the big five leagues. I strongly believe it can happen. I have a good chance.”

How is Holland different from Bribo and Weissman?

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