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The Israeli team recovers from the defeat in Denmark: "It would have seemed too easy"

The team collects the fragments after the 5: 0: "You can not cancel like this, you must drastically improve in defense."

Fearing Degani's injury, the professional team hopes that Golsa and Lavie will be fit for Scotland next month.

And also: the concern about the goal difference ahead of the game in Glasgow

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Shlomo Weiss

Wednesday, 08 September 2021, 07:35 Updated: 08:03

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Summary of the 5: 0 defeat of the Israeli team against Denmark - World Cup qualifiers (Sport 1)

Difficult feelings in the Israeli team after the 5: 0 defeat to Denmark. The team was aware that the Danes outnumber them, but over the last few days, coach Willy Rothsteiner has tried to make the players believe that it is possible to leave the meeting with points. After the victory against Austria in the team, they believed that a point and even more could be spent. In the first 20 minutes both players and staff can be told that the belief that something can be done was even strengthened but then Ophir Marciano absorbed the first and the team completely disintegrated: "It is true that Denmark is a team at the highest level but we must not have such a low breaking point." Passed a source review on the team. "We can not dismiss in this way. It would have seemed too easy for them and it is something that should not happen no matter against which team."

In Israel, of course, they complimented the host and noted that she surpasses the team in every way: "I will not exaggerate if I say that she is one of the eight best teams in the world," stated a player on the team.

"They're just on a different level and we felt it on the pitch."

Despite these things the team once again criticized the defensive game.

Apart from the first 20 minutes, the team was again exposed in almost every attack and the highlight was when they conceded three goals in stationary situations while the Danish players were left completely free.

"If we want to qualify for the playoffs we must improve drastically defensively," the same source said.

"Throughout the last campaign this is our weak point and it's really not just about the defensive players but the form of defense of all the players."

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Aside from the feelings the more difficult problem from last night's game is the issue of goal difference. As is well known in the World Cup qualifiers, the goal difference is what determines in the event of a tie. Rothsteiner's trainees reached the sixth round with a clear advantage over rivals for the playoffs, Scotland and Austria in the goal difference table, but the crushing defeat led to Scotland overtaking Israel in this parameter as well, and is entitled to four goals compared to Israel's three goals. "There is no doubt that in such a close home it can be decided on goal difference," said a player in the team, "We knew this before the game and realized that even if we lose we must not be defeated but we failed and it is not time to cry about it but focus on the remaining games."

In October 2020, the Israeli team went to the game in Glasgow for the possibility of qualifying for a decisive game against Serbia for qualifying for the Euros.

Before the game, Eran Zehavi stood in the locker room and told the players: "I will not finish my career without a big tournament."

Zehavi's speech has already made headlines since then but on the field the team failed and lost on penalties at the end of that game.

Next month Israel will meet Scotland again for a game that could overwhelm the whole house.

The team has quite a few players of advanced ages such as Zehavi, Beavers Natcho, Eitan Tibi and others for whom this time it is probably really the last option to qualify for a big tournament.

Scotland defeated Austria last night and made the evening of the blue and whites even more disappointing.

The team hoped for a draw or at least for the victory of the Austrians, for whom, as mentioned, the goal difference is much worse than that of Israel even after last night's loss.

His last chance to qualify for a big tournament?

Eitan Tibi (Photo: Reuters)

Now Zehavi and his teammates must beat the Scots in the away game to leave the chance to qualify for the playoffs alive and kicking when a win will almost definitively ensure that Israel is over Austria at home and leaves the fight against the Scots with a two point lead and a better goal difference. A loss on the other hand will almost completely eliminate the chance when the gap will be four points and Scotland have easier games than Israel. "The game against Scotland is the game of this tournament," said a senior player on the team.

A lot of criticism has been heard throughout the term against coach Willy Rotensteiner.

The Austrian has earned fixed nicknames and a non-creative coach mainly based on his regular summonses and his insistence on the array of three brakes.

Rothsteiner heard the criticism from outside and in closed conversations and also publicly explained to the Austrian that the fixation is a planned thing and that at the level of the Israeli team the only chance to qualify for a big tournament is to produce a team that will be coordinated together.

Now Israel is coming to a decisive game again under the coach and this description will stand the test "Until now we were always close but we could not win in away games and that is what prevented us from success" We've done it in previous tournaments and if we've really progressed like we really are sure it has happened we should show it in Scotland. "

Must get better towards Scotland.

Israeli national team players disappointed in Denmark (Photo: Reuters)

Also in the game in Glasgow no one should expect surprising summonses or noisy dismissals when the team will test the fitness of Eyal Golsa and if it returns to fitness he may be invited as well as the injured Neta Lavi.

The team very much hopes that Muhammad Abu Fani will get along with Maccabi Haifa and will not sit in the stands next month as he is establishing his position in the Israeli squad while Ophir Marciano at Feyenoord is now considered his second goalkeeper but the team hopes he will make a few appearances and stay in good shape.

The team hopes to gain opportunities at Feyenoord.

Ophir Marciano (Photo: Reuters)

Apart from the painful loss in the team, there were several other reasons for concern.

The team fears that Uriel Degani is suffering from a tear in his groin, which will probably cause him to miss the match against Scotland.

Degani will land in Israel and take a photo when the severity of his injury becomes clear.

Brake anyway not play the game in the near Beitar Jerusalem because of the exclusion. Absence of cereal if it occurs creates a hole as well as the Israel Defense Hatem Abdul Hamid will be absent from the game due to yellow.

Regardless Yellows player worried yesterday when team members reported severe pain in the knee He started to feel them in the final minutes of the game. The player came up despite a groin injury and received compliments and now there is serious concern due to the pain he felt in his knee. The team hopes that Ofri Arad will return to full fitness to take part in the match. the next.

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