Three days after the loss to Romania, which crushed the hope of qualifying for Euro 2024 through the group stage and two days before the draw that will determine who we will play against in the Nations League playoffs – Ukraine or Iceland – the Israeli national team hosts Andorra in the final game of the qualifying campaign, hoping to end the busy week with a small smile on their face and hope for the future.
A victory over Andorra would seal Israel's third place in the group, but it will not hide the great disappointment of Saturday's loss to Romania in front of 3,000 evacuees who came to the town of Pelchot to support the players.
Professionally, Eran Zahavi and Mohammed Abu Fani were released from the squad, with Miguel Vitor also out yellow-carded, in addition to the injured Sagiv Yehezkel and Gil Cohen. Alon Hazan has made many changes to the line-up, with Daniel Peretz opening the scoring, Avishai Cohen and Stav Lemkin playing in defense and up front Anan Halaili, Dean David and Thai Bribo will try to improve their stats in the national uniform.
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Israel ensemble: Daniel Peretz, Avishai Cohen, Stav Lemkin, Raz Shlomo, Ofir Davidzadeh, Dor Peretz, Gabi Kanikovsky, Gadi Kinda, Anan Halaili, Dean David and Thai Bribo.
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