The youth team in the final of the European Championship
Following the Holy Grail: The youth team dreams of the coveted trophy
The calm in the spectacular complex in Samurin before the outburst of emotions tonight in Trnava.
The surprising silence of the actors alongside the frenzy of Ofir Haim.
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Sports Yaniv Tuchman was with the youth team just before it goes up tonight in Slovakia with the aim of making history and winning the European Championship (20:30, Sports 4)
Yaniv Tuchman, our emissary to Slovakia
01/07/2022
Friday, 01 July 2022, 08:00
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Summary: Israel's youth team defeated France 1: 2 (Sport 1)
In the magical training facility of the Israeli team here in the picturesque town of Samurin in Slovakia, there is endless tranquility.
A complex of football pitches and a variety of sports facilities alongside the cozy hotel that also hosts the England team and is separate from those eliminated in the semi-finals.
But this pastoral look cannot be mistaken.
A storm is raging in the hearts of Ofir Haim and his actors.
Even the inseparable triangle for the moment Yela Hus, Bonnie Ginzburg and Moshe Sinai, for all their years of experience, are excited for the European Under-19 Championship final tonight.
When the UEFA representative last night brought to the press conference the trophy to be won by the winning team tonight, Ofir Haim jumped back as if he had received an electric shock. He is also restless and can not bring himself to calm down. Seeing how he flies his kids here.In the end he decided to give up because he realized that it involved a connection and discomfort, so the trophy he so desperately wants to hug tonight stunned him.
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His players have been living here on another planet for a few days now, but they actually seem to be enjoying the dream very much.
"Our friends are now doing combat training and equipping themselves to fight, so we need to take that madness around us in the right proportions as well," says one of them.
Everything that happens in the country around them passes easily to them through the mobile devices.
Some of the parents and siblings have already arrived yesterday ahead of tonight's game in the Slovak city of Tarnava.
The team understands that there can be an impact and pressure on the players, but if there is anything that is very disturbing it is the physiological aspect.
Captain Eli Madmon said that at such a stage of a cup final you do not feel tired, but the heads of the professional team think differently because of the load they had here with lesser known intensity and therefore also due to the heavy heat, shortened training yesterday and sent the players to rest not before practicing penalties.
The quiet before the storm.
Moshe Sinai and Vila Hus in the training facility (Photo: official website, Yaniv Tuchman)
In England, the team players were closely watched yesterday because they are all just in the same hotel, on different floors.
"We know that for you this is an event that all of Israel is talking about, so you will come with a lot of motivation," said one of the heads of the English delegation.
"You have already defeated Goliath in the semifinals, so you will surely have great faith in you."
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