The youth team is not satisfied with the achievement: "We will try to surprise everyone against France"
Big celebrations in the Israeli camp after the illegal immigration to the World Cup.
Ginzburg: "It doesn't matter who the finance and sports ministers are, they will have to understand the importance of investing in football"
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26/06/2022
Sunday, 26 June 2022, 09:51
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A night of celebrations in the Israeli youth team camp, which despite the 1-0 loss to England last night (Saturday) finished the Euro home stage in second place, thanks to Austria's victory over Serbia - thus ensuring a tremendous achievement in the form of the first World Cup qualifier in World Cup. Next summer in Indonesia where 24 teams will participate.
On Tuesday, the Israeli team will meet France in the semifinals, and the blue-and-white camp expressed great optimism ahead of the meeting with an opponent who was marked as the favorite to win the tournament.
Even before the Euros, Ofir Haim's team played two training matches against the French and finished twice in 1: 1.
Participating in the Euro does a great service to the young players, as many scouts from all over the world came to Slovakia and follow all the teams closely.
Ahead of the game against France, a source in the team said: "We can say that for us we have met the goal we set, and from now on everything we will achieve will be a bonus. There is no doubt that the French are favorites, but we will come and try to surprise everyone."
The level of formation in the Israeli camp is evidenced by the fact that during the celebrations, it was important for the team members to also mention the four players who were removed from the squad just before the championship - Sagi Ganis, Omer Senior, Tal Artzel and Yonatan Leish: "Everyone has a part in this achievement Next ".
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Bonnie Ginzburg at Modi Bar - On Funeral (Photo: Reuven Castro)
"For us it is a tremendous achievement, a great pride," said the deputy technical director, former player Bonnie Ginzburg, in a conversation with Walla!
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"We have set ourselves many goals designed to develop Israeli football and the initial understanding is that everything should start from the younger generation. The work of the entire professional team focuses on development centers, academia, the coaching staff and of course the young teams. "The international experience that these talented players will gain. My dream and the dream of all of us is that in a few years' time, this team will have players in the senior team, that is the goal.
Jella Hoss' assistant complimented coach Ophir Haim: "Ophir is an amazing guy, a true professional. On a personal level we are very connected. The players really like and appreciate him, and Ophir himself has developed in the last year as an unusual coach, and I am really very happy for him. He is an intelligent and sensitive guy. "Who understands football and has a shell today that supports and helps him, and of course should also give great credit to the players themselves."
Israel's youth team celebrates promotion to the Euro semi-finals (Photo: Official website, Football Association)
Ginzburg, who has experienced an international playing career himself, added: "I must mention the clubs in Israel, that we have had excellent cooperation with them from the moment we entered the technical department, with a lot of professional appreciation and fruitful discourse. Everyone understands that players develop 80% in their teams, but They get the main stage in world football in the national teams and we have a common mission - to develop football in Israel. "
Ginzburg was very impressed with the performance of the players and the professional team of the youth team and last night he sounded very excited: "If you now look at the UEFA board and see the results of the European Under-19 Championship, there is England, France and Italy alongside small Israel.
In these moments, of great joy, one can see how we progressed step by step, from the early stage to the elite stage in which we were very dominant, to the championship itself.
"In the first two games we were better than Austria and Serbia, and tonight we met the English, who are without a doubt one of the best teams in Europe at this age, and we had a very difficult time, but I am glad we met our goal."
The former goalkeeper referred to the keys so that the current generation will lead the senior team in the future: "It is important that they have as much experience in the international arena, that as many players as possible go out to play in strong leagues in Europe and personally I think we must invest as much money in young clubs A national project and no matter who is going to be the next finance minister and the new sports minister. They will have to understand the importance of investing in football. That is also why I came to this project, my dream is that in eighteen years we will be in a completely different place. "I am very happy with the way we work in the technical department of the Football Association, and this is also a good opportunity to thank Chairman Oren Hasson and the management, for the vision and for giving us the tools to develop Israeli football."
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