Great joy for the Israeli team after last night's victory over Albania (1: 2).
At the end, the chairman of the Football Association, Oren Hasson, complimented the professional manager Yossi Benyon and coach Alon Hazan on the faith and the way they instilled in the players, that "you have to play to beat every opponent and everywhere."
This message was repeated at every meeting or personal conversation with players, as an attempt to slightly change the perception.
"We won a strong team made up of stars in major leagues," said players on the team about the feeling, "We also have quality. It didn't matter to us what they have in the squad. Do they have stars? We have Manor Solomon, Leidner, Weissman and Abda."
Manor Solomon celebrates against Albania, last night, Photo: Reuters
And if that wasn’t enough, Solomon himself won praise from his teammates and was nicknamed “Menorinho” after the duo he scored against the Albanians in the second half.
Now the task is to rehabilitate the players until the game against Iceland this coming Monday.
The team expects another long flight with a stop to refuel in Prague.
The players who played last night stayed at the hotel and will undergo treatments.
Dabour (left).
Received back from a cantor, Photo: Reuters
The rest will travel about half an hour to a training facility near Tirana to conduct training.
Defender Doron Leidner (one of the standouts), suffers from tenderness in the twin muscle but is expected to be fit to play in Reykjavik.
Contact Eden Kartzev received a second yellow card last night and will be absent against the Icelanders.
Solomon Manor.
Hovered over everyone in Tirana, Photo: Reuters
Ramzi Spori is set to start in his place in the squad, after coming in last night as a substitute in the half and being one of the main factors for a change in the game.
In the other positions no changes are expected, but only in case of constraints.
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