In their own right: The young Israeli team advanced to the Euro playoffs until the age of 21
Luzon and his men forgot the embarrassing loss to Latvia when they defeated San Marino 0: 2 with goals from Amir Berkovich (1) and Suf Podgorano (14), at the same time they got what they wanted when Poland tripped against Germany and finished in second place and with a ticket to the next European Championship. And for the first time in a decade
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07/06/2022
Tuesday, 07 June 2022, 20:54
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Last week, the young Israeli team was still dependent on itself in securing second place in the home stage of the Euro 2023 qualifying campaign until the age of 21, but the disappointing 1-0 loss to Latvia in the penultimate round, in coach Guy Luzon's re-debut, led to Israel needing a stumble. Poland in a home game against Germany - a team that they won 0: 4 in the previous meeting between them.
To the delight of Guy Luzon and his young players, who did their part when they defeated San Marino 0: 2 tonight (Tuesday) at the stadium in Petah Tikva in front of a thousand spectators, Germany won 1: 2 in Poland and secured Israel second place at home and a ticket to the Euro playoffs.
Israel is now two games away from fulfilling the dream and its rival in the battle for the European Championship in the summer of 2023 will be revealed in a draw to be held in two weeks (June 21, 13:30), when so far only Israel and Slovakia have secured their place in the playoffs.
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They got what they wanted from the German team that won in Poland and advanced to the playoffs.
Young players (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)
Guy Luzon came up in the offensive line in order to finish a story against San Marino soon, so in the 11th came together Amir Berkovich, Muhammad Canaan, Oscar Gluch, Osher Davida and Suf Podgorano, and indeed within 14 minutes Israel led by two goals - Amir Berkovich scored a goal Premiere in the debut 55 seconds after the opening whistle, immediately afterwards Podgorano scored for the first time in the young team uniform and the result did not change until the end, and of course it was enough to finish in second place and qualify for the playoffs in light of the German 1: 2 victory in Poland. Between Israel and Poland (veteran victory).
The young team hopes to qualify for the European Championships for the third time ever, about a decade after the last European Championships we qualified for and which, as is well known, took place in Israel - and even then the young team was led by Guy Luzon.
The composition of the young team against San Marino:
Daniel Peretz, Itai Ben Shabbat, Ziv Morgan, Gil Cohen, Zohar Zasno, Amir Berkovich (Oz Bilu, 66), Muhammad Canaan (Maor Levy, 83), Ido Shachar (Nadav Nidam, 46), Oscar Gluch (Aviel Zargari, 66), Osher Davida (Autumn Nachmani, 57), end of Podgorano.
A dream debut for Amir Berkovich in the young team (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)
Game move
Minute 1, 0: 1 to Israel:
What a great opening.
Amir Berkowitz, in his debut for the young team, burst onto the field from the left and released a great ball to the far corner and inside.
Minute 7: Oscar Gluch in a deep delivery placed Osher Davida in a one-on-one, but the latter kicked near the goalpost and recorded a big miss.
Podgruano added a debut goal in the young team (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)
14th minute, 0: 2 to Israel:
The end of Podgorano was left free in the box and a flying kick from the air doubled Israel's advantage.
The striker's first goal in the young team.
18th minute: Berkowitz was not far from his second goal of the game when he kicked from almost the same position where he scored, but this time stopped by the goalkeeper.
25th minute, 0: 1 to Germany in Poland: In the corresponding match held at home, the young team took the lead in Lodz from a goal by Yusuf Mokoku and this means that Guy Luzon's team is currently in second place leading to the Euro 2023 playoffs.
He has a reason to smile.
Guy Luzon (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)
34 minutes: Ido Shachar tried his luck with a kick from a distance, the visiting goalkeeper flew and caught.
35 minutes, Poland back to 1: 1: In the corresponding game at home, Bartosz Bialek soon equalized to the credit of the Poles who now need another goal to complete a makeover and overtake Israel on the way back to second place.
40th minute: Canaan handed Podgorano and arranged for him a great position to score, but he kicked badly to the outside net and missed a great opportunity.
Was very active in the second half.
Canaan (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)
50th minute: Canaan tried to score with a spinning ball from outside the box, but his kick went over the bar.
72 minutes: Podgorano told Canaan that his attempt was blocked, but the return ball came to Stav Nachmani who recently hit a ball that was deflected away from the goal line.
85 minutes, 1: 2 to Germany: Mokoko returned the team to the lead and gave the signal for the celebrations at the stadium in Petah Tikva.
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