The Israeli team landed last night in the early evening at the airport in Tirana, ahead of the League of Nations game against Albania.
The planning of the professional manager Yossi Benyon was meticulous and he arranged morning training, rest and later a trip to the airport, so as not to cause fatigue in the players.
But reality has forced a delay of several hours at Ben Gurion Airport due to being overweight.
The Football Association has blamed the airline, and the issue will be investigated.
The plane ordered to fly the Israeli delegation was relatively small.
He led a little over 50 delegation members, actors and staff, and in the back sat security service security guards.
It is important to note that the team's logistics personnel have been instructed in advance to prepare for the fact that this is a small aircraft, and that they must prepare accordingly in terms of equipment storage.
The size of the aircraft has of course an economic impact when it comes to costs.
Israel national team players.
Landed only in the late evening, Photo: Alan Schieber
Players on the team said: "Such a thing has never happened to us, but this is the situation and we tried to understand when to fly. We were told it was a matter of an hour or two, and in the end it took longer. Luckily, the flight time was relatively convenient. "And half, otherwise it could have been much more tiring. It is clear to all the players that such a thing should not happen, it is not serious."
Following the desire to take off as quickly as possible, the team instructed some of the people who were supposed to be on the flight to get off and look for an alternative arrival in Tirana.
There are no direct flights not for construction.
There are only flights with intermediate Ruth trees of a few hours, which further complicates the whole story.
The Football Association promised to interrogate the incident in front of the Greek airline.
When asked why a charter flight with a foreign company was chosen, it was explained that several price offers were examined due to huge demands of tens of thousands of dollars from Israeli airlines.
"It's public money," explained a senior member of the Football Association, adding: "We can not spend money indiscriminately, but have to carefully examine costs and choose the best offer. We have a past with the Greek company, and everything went smoothly."
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