Summary of today's events in sports, 18.11 (Sport1)
To many people in the Israeli national team, the game last night (Thursday) against Zambia felt like the game against Albania in the League of Nations.
Even two months ago in Bloomfield, the team knew how to take the lead, but conceded an equalizing goal and only thanks to a goal by Thai Bribo in extra time, won 1:2.
Even last night against Zambia, the game was already in the hands of the Israeli national team players who safely led 0:2 in the first half, but after the break gave in to their laxity and already reached a tie 2:2, before they managed to win in the last minutes 2:4.
"Not in every game we will be able to meet this scenario of what we went through against Zambia and Albania," the team said last night.
"If we are in the lead, especially at home and certainly with a two-goal advantage, we must know how to maintain it and not reach a situation where we are tied and in a moment even lose. The games against Albania and Zambia gave us food for thought before Kosovo."
But there were also those in the team who were less strict.
"We beat a good African team 2:4 with players who play in the best leagues in Europe, so why should we look for the negative?" said team officials.
"Four players scored goals, all the strikers found the goal, we knew how to come back and win after a tie like real winners, so why look for what's not good instead of seeing the glass half full?".
Four different conquerors, a victory of winners against a good opponent, "So why look for what is not good?" (Photo: Barney Ardov)
The one who left the stadium last night in a low mood is Beavers Natcho.
The team captain warmed up for many minutes in the second half to come on as a substitute, but Alon Hazan chose other players and in the last substitution he preferred Itamar Shabiru over the veteran midfielder, a move that paid off for the team after the Kiryat Shmona striker scored his first goal in the team uniform.
Natcho was the first to leave the dressing room after the shower and went up to sit on the bus quietly until the rest of the team's players joined and the bus left for the hotel in Herzliya where the team will stay until the game against Cyprus tomorrow.
The team preferred to focus on those who played and on the victory and did not want to talk too much about those who did not play.
Alon Hazan was asked about Natcho at the press conference and said: "I had constraints in the substitutions because I had to give rest to Vitor and Goldberg. Besides that, when we were already tied 2:2, I wanted to bring in decisive attacking players in order to win."
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Natcho (Photo: Danny Maron)
Hazan will have to choose the right 11 for the game against Cyprus in light of all the parameters facing him.
Miguel Vitor was already released last night for vacation in Portugal and it is not impossible that Dor Peretz and Raz Shlomo, who finished the game as the pair of brakes, will start like that against Cyprus.
Daniel Peretz will be in goal this time after the team was satisfied with the performance of Omri Glazer.
"I wish that before every game in the national team we would have a positive problem between such a good player and another good player," said Hazan about the goalkeeper issue.
Amri Glazer said at the end of the game: "I take from this evening the first half in which we created many situations. In the second half we regained the lead after the tie, so I take our character. The decline we had in the second half should not have happened. We should not have conceded these two goals." .
About the competition in goal, Glazer said: "The competition raises the level. For me, I always want to play both for Hapoel Beer Sheva and for the national team. I wish Daniel the best of luck. The success of the national team is above all."
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