Today 50 years ago Israel made its first and only appearance in the World Cup • UEFA dedicated special article to the national team

• Israel national team 70 Mexico

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  From the FIFA website

Many years in Israel talk about the World Cup in Mexico 1970. An historic and unprecedented event for the country has over the years become an unpleasant sight of the local football situation.

On Tuesday, the UEFA official website decided to put the spotlight on the Israeli stars who took part in the 50th anniversary of Israel's first tournament tournament. That ended in the victory of the South Americans 2: 0.

In honor of the article, UEFA interviewed a number of players from the same team, who are still excited to be reminded of the huge experience despite finishing last in the home stand. Motela Spiegeler, the only scorer of that team, said: We left the ego aside and engaged only in hard work. "

Goalkeeper Isaac Weissocker added: "50 years have passed since then and we are still thrilled when we remember. This World Cup was amazing. Besides the worldwide interest in the World Cup, selected Israel has become the center of interest."

Yitzhak Kham: "Against Italy, the tension was immense. If we won, we would have prevented our mountaineering rivalry to the next level and it was a global sensation. Our team was the best team Israel has ever had."

Shmulik Rosenthal: "We came to Mexico and our hearts trembled. We were a bunch of anonymous actors who saw the World Cup stars as Pele, only on the black and white screen, or in photo albums."