A day after the historic promotion to the European Championship, in the Israeli domino team, the celebrations continue today (Monday), but we are already looking forward to the summer for a tournament to be held in Croatia, which will be a much more difficult task.
Two of the stars of the team and the dramatic 7: 9 victory game against Turkey that practically secured the ticket to the championship, are captain Ido Goldschmidt, one of the team's veterans and goalkeeper Yahav Pierre, who gave a great performance and stopped quite a few goals of the opponent especially in the final minutes.
"We made history for Israeli dominoes and Israeli sports," Goldschmidt said.
"I am happy and very grateful for the support the union gave us, we made optimal preparation for me and saw the results. It was a very difficult game against the Turks, and we knew we had a draw, but we did not want a draw. We wanted to beat them and we won, It was amazing".
Captain Ido Goldschmidt, Photo: Oren Aharoni
"I feel there is a team here, when everyone knows what needs to be done. The professional team, led by Tal, we had a very intense training camp that helped us get to this moment."
On the European Championships he added: "Now we want to rejoice, but with regard to summer it is clear to us that this is a level we are not used to. It is something we have not experienced before, the highest world level there is. There is nothing to do. .
"We will meet teams and players that we only see on TV. We are happy about that. We will have to work very hard, to reach out and represent ourselves, our union and the country in the most respectful and best way possible."
Pierre: "The campaign started quite a long time ago for me and I have great coordination with the defensive players, we came very ready and hungry to play defense, for me it only helped me flourish and stop as much as possible at goal. I believe in my ability and what I am worth, but a good goalkeeper needs strong defense and I I do not say that, there is just a direct connection between the level of the goalkeeper and the level of defense. "
Goalkeeper Yahav Pierre,
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