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Without letter of defense: Willy Rotensteiner's biggest headache - Walla! sport

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Alhamid barely plays, Tuatha disappears, Yeni retires, Tibi and Degani go down and no important player has a worthy replacement. An alarming picture of the back line players, a little over two months before the start of the Euro 2022 qualifying campaign. And God forbid that Eli Dassah will not be injured


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Without letter of defense: Willy Rotensteiner's biggest headache

Alhamid barely plays, Tuatha disappears, Yeni retires, Tibi and Degani go down and no important player has a worthy replacement.

An alarming picture of the back line players, a little over two months before the start of the Euro 2022 qualifying campaign. And God forbid that Eli Dassah will not be injured

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There are 66 days left until the opening match of the Israeli team in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Denmark and it seems that coach Willy Rotensteiner has several reasons for concern.

Almost as always, a look in the direction of the defensive squad reveals a picture that should make the Austrian coach work on solutions right now - and unfortunately there are not many of them.

Some players have little to play for, others are on a steep decline and the biggest problem: if one of the important players on defense is absent for any reason, there does not seem to be a high enough level of substitutes.

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On the rise

Eli Desa -

currently one of the biggest bankers in the Israeli national team and who does not have a replacement.

A key player in Vitesse who experienced a fantastic season, shared 90 minutes in each game and no less important: his team plays in a lineup similar to that of the Israeli team.

Just to stay healthy.



San Menachem -

shows very good ability in Maccabi Haifa, began to gain experience in the national uniform as well, but his defensive ability needs improvement even in a set of three brakes.

It is not certain that this will be enough against strong rivals and it seems that Israel's best left defender is still Hatem 'Abd al-Hamid.



Nir Bitton -

continues to be an important player in Celtic's lineup and maintains stability.

Rotensteiner knows exactly what he will get from him.



Joel Abu Hanna

- the anonymous stopper who was revealed to the Israeli football world just a few weeks ago, regularly plays for the Ukrainian Zoria Lugansk and this is a significant plus that may guarantee him a place in the squad and even in the squad for the March games.

The long winter break in Ukraine should not interfere: the Euro 2022 qualifiers will take place after Zoria has already held seven official games.

On the other hand, is it a brake that can and should get the keys in front of rivals like Denmark and Austria?

Even at Maccabi Haifa Tuataha is no longer a regular player (Photo: Maor Elkelsi, Maor Elkelsi)

On a downward trend

Taleb Tuatha -

Returning to Israel also did not get Tuatha's career back on track and in the meantime he is playing a second violin for San Menachem.

When he was fit he was an almost regular player in the squad of the team in the Austrian era, but not sure it will be the same in a few weeks.



Hatem Abdelhamid

- Perhaps the most important defensive player in the Austrian era may come to the games in March when he is far from being in satisfactory shape.

Injury, Corona and the desire to return to Israel have not done him any good lately and in the last three months he has only played 37 minutes in the Scottish league.

They will be absent or will not be fit to play in March, Israel will be in serious trouble.



Eitan Tibi -

maybe it's because of the departure of Jair Amador, maybe the change of coaches, maybe the age in general.

Tibi is still a good league stopper, but meanwhile is showing less good ability than last season.

And in Europe it is much harder than in the league.



Uriel Degani -

Adhered to the mediocrity of Betar Jerusalem and alongside good personal actions in the yellow-black uniform, has not yet dramatically upgraded the back squad in the capital.



Sharan Yeni -

retired from the national uniform at the end of the last campaign.

Big burst this season.

But the distance between him and Desa is enormous.

Dadia (Photo: Danny Maron)

The new face

Idan Nahmias - The

stopper of Kiryat Shmona is ranked at the top of most defensive indices in the Premier League, wears the captain's ribbon and enjoys good physicality.

On the other hand, at 23 he is completely inexperienced in high level games and the transition may be too sharp.



Ofri Arad -

Maccabi Haifa's defensive squad has improved miraculously in recent weeks, but the feeling is that Arad still makes too many mistakes and that perhaps his confidence sometimes hurts more than helps.

In the Maccabi Haifa games in Europe he had a very hard time, the physical data is sometimes not enough against strikers from the old continent and it is not certain that Rotensteiner will want to take a risk and make him a regular player.



Or Dadia -

was invited to the squad towards the end of the previous campaign after opening the season at Hapoel Beer Sheva in a good way.

Every minute he played with Hapoel Beer Sheva in the European arena adds - and there were 810 of them this season - but the distance between him and Eli Desa, for example, is huge.

It's not the player who can get into the Vitsa defender's shoes if he is absent for one reason or another.

  • World Cup Qualifiers - House VI

    Group

    Mash

    Netz

    A.

    Hp

    Gates

    Nk

    1

    Austria

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0-0

    0

    2

    Faroe Islands

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0-0

    0

    3

    Denmark

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0-0

    0

    4

    Israel's national team

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0-0

    0

    5

    Moldova

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0-0

    0

    6

    Scotland

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0-0

    0

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