Only we will not go back in time: Nemanji and Harazi analyze Israel's chances against Denmark Israel today

The Israeli team will be hosted tomorrow (Tuesday, 21:45) at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen by the Danish team for the game against history.

We will reach the famous 0: 5 of the Danes in 1999 later, but Israel's basic figure against the Scandinavians says it all: zero victories in official games and significant difficulty in scoring goals.

The pair of games against Denmark in the playoffs for promotion to Euro 2000 ended in a crushing 0: 8 balance in summary and not a word about the escort girls affair, which was no less traumatic than the result.

So what has changed since then?

The truth is that there are quite a few similarities.

Peter Schmeichel at the gate was replaced by his son Caspar;

So Chelsea's stopper was Yes Hogg, today it's Andreas Christiansen.

The team before Austria.

Continuing momentum, Alan Schieber

Even then, Denmark had players who represented Milan, Ajax and Udinese, just like today.

So what is the chance for Israel to score a first point tomorrow night against the strong Danes, especially after reaching the World Cup semi-finals?

"The key is the defense," explains Alon Harazi, who has made 89 appearances in the national team, including twice against the Danes. "Tomorrow against Denmark we will pay for it. What happened in Haifa against Austria will not happen in every game. Denmark is significantly better than the Austrians and that means the team's defense must be perfect so as not to absorb, and even then it takes a bit of luck for the Danes to miss."

"Historically, it's hard for us"

The national team coach, Willy Rotensteiner, took advantage of all the flight hours to Copenhagen to prepare for the Danes.

He and his team attest to hundreds of video hours, but officials in the India team: "Against a team like Denmark tactical preparation is important, but things still depend on the Danes."

When the professional team analyzed the first game against Denmark, which was held at Teddy Stadium, the conclusion was this: the players came to the opponent's court a third of the time from the average, Eran Zehavi touched the ball less and the amount of key dedication dropped by almost 50 percent.

I'm one of them.

"Denmark is much better," said Oren Ben Hakon

All this data, with the current team considered one of the most offensive in the last two decades, one that has averaged almost 3 goals per game so far (14 goals in 5 games).

In fact, there are entire Euro or World Cup qualifiers in which Israel has not reached the amount of its conquests so far.

This is the first time that Israel has been drawn with the Danes to the same house in a qualifying tournament (although even in the friendly matches the Scandinavians' balance is 1: 5).

Rotensteiner.

Will his preparation be enough ?, Alan Schieber

"I do not know a team that is aiming to lose," Avi Nemani (who did not play against Denmark at the time due to injury) analyzed the clear balance of power in favor of the Danes.

"Denmark is much better and we have seen that as time goes on our team believes in itself more. It is important to have tactical discipline, especially in stationary situations. A point against the Danes will be a huge achievement for Israel, but you must not play for a draw from the beginning but get into the game well."

"Historically, it is difficult for Israel against Scandinavian teams," admitted the veteran members of the association ahead of the game in Copenhagen, where a point, or more, will significantly bring Israel closer to achieving second place at home.

"This time we have nothing to lose, we are coming loose, but we will have to pray for our perfect and their bad game to come home with a good result."