The Israeli team defeated the Faroe Islands 0: 4 last night (Wednesday), but the big story was without a doubt Eran Zehavi, who scored a hat-trick and became the greatest Israeli football conqueror of all time with 337 conquests.
The team intends to give the phenomenon a tribute to hold a special ceremony in his honor.
Yesterday, the friends of the Eindhoven striker greeted him in the locker room and it was obvious that he was also excited.
"Eran Zehavi is the only one of his generation," the team complimented him, "he is no less hungry after the hat-trick than he was before the game. This is a phenomenon that is difficult to explain.
The team will land in Israel today and will begin preparations for the game against Austria this coming Saturday.
Coach Willy Rotensteiner, who did not make many substitutions last night, may make a change or two at 11.
Until the 70th minute, Rotensteiner made only one substitution against the Faroe Islands, and the association fears fatigue, as Israel expects two more games until Tuesday and against strong rivals such as Austria and Denmark.
"We hope to recover the players by Saturday and later in the game against Denmark. It is a difficult week, but he started on the right foot," the team said.
Beyond that, midfielder Dor Peretz, who suffered a knee injury during the second half, will be fit to sit.
Peretz suffered a minor injury and the fear was that he aggravated it following the surf on the synthetic grass.
Now the face of the game against Austria is Sami Ofer. Rotensteiner complimented at the end striker Monas Dabour, who scored and cooked, and for his part put the noise around him on another side called. The big concern in the Football Association is from contemptuous whistles to Davor in the game against the Austrians. "It must not happen," senior members of the Football Association clarified, "Dabour is wearing the national uniform and rightly so. He made it clear to himself, what else do you want? That everyone will put everything aside for the team and its success."
