Verified fourth in the Israeli handball team.
After Dan Tepper, Snir Natzia and Nadav Nizri were found to be verified for Corona, before the preparation game in Skopje against northern Macedonia - today (Thursday) the answer to goalkeeper Yahav Shamir's second check was received in Romania - and he was also verified.
The Israeli team will have to miss its two senior goalkeepers - Tepper who plays in the first league in France in the Saran uniform, and Shamir who plays in the Swiss champions - Winterthur.
Oron Bargil, the goalkeeper of MK Holon, and Oz Yitzhak, the goalkeeper of Hapoel Ashdod, who were promoted to the senior squad and arrived last night directly in Romania - will be the goalkeepers in the tournament.
That did not end Corona's affairs.
The Cyprus team has announced that it will not participate in the World Cup qualifiers in Romania - following the presence of nine verified Corona.
This means that only three teams will participate in the tournament, and the Israeli team will hold two games - the meeting against Romania tomorrow, and the meeting against Moldova on Saturday.
The first two will advance to the second qualifying round.
Cyprus will suffer technical losses.
The Israeli team completes preparations in Romania, Photo: Handball Association,
Last night, the World and European Associations announced that during each morning of Games Day a corona test will be conducted for players and teams.
As of yesterday, five national team matches have been canceled across Europe due to the Omicron eruption.
As you may recall, even in the World Cup qualifying campaign two years ago - in which the Israeli team finished in first place and qualified for the stage - the second stage has already been canceled due to the eruption of the corona.
In addition to the goalkeepers, Alon Oberman, the corner player for Bnei Herzliya, who will replace Nizri, was also promoted to the senior staff.
In the pivot position, the team has three players besides Nazia (captain Daniel Shekels, Tomer Bodenheimer and Or Maman).
Despite the concern, the team reports a relatively good atmosphere, and a focus on the task itself - in the hope, of course, that the tests tomorrow and Saturday will turn out negative, along with health wishes.
The one who works with the goalkeepers in the team is Julian Strat, a former goalkeeper of Maccabi Rishon LeZion, who previously played in Romania, and will now have to bring Bergil and Oz Yitzhak to show record ability in both games. Yitzhak had already participated in the team's preparatory games against Italy about two months ago.
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