Israel's youth team today (Tuesday) opened the second stage of the European Under-19 Championship held in Croatia, in the ranking games 9-16, and provided an excellent game and a big victory: 28:35 (14:18), which gives it a real chance to reach the ranking stage 9- 12 (will ensure the stay at the senior level) - if you achieve tomorrow (15:30) another victory over Italy or even a draw.
The Israeli team achieved its first victory in the current European Championship, after the losses at home in the first stage to Spain, Sweden and Hungary.
Excellent game management by coaches Dvir Goldstein and Nissim Pelach, by the centers Or Levy (6 goals and 7 assists) and by Nadav Cohen (10 goals - 9 of them on penalties in perfect balance), led the team to provide wonderful ability in many minutes.
Without a doubt, this is a victory that relieves the pressure after the losses, gives a lot of confidence and hope, and as the minutes passed, they saw it in the level of enthusiasm and performance - in the attack (in which they also scored - Or Maman 7 goals, Tom Leibov 4, Roy Solomon 3, Nevo Medina and Sean Solomon 2). A. and Roi Liebgut). Also on the defensive level the team looked much better today, and great credit goes to the talented goalkeeper Tal Peled, who provided wonderful stops in the second half.
Head coach Dvir Goldstein: "A very important victory! The players rose today and showed maturity and character, and they deserve all the respect. Tomorrow is our cup final against Italy, and now the head is already preparing for the next game."
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