An article about Murat and Khan Yakin (Sport1)
1. Hard feelings in the Israeli national team after the loss last night (Tuesday) 3:0 to Switzerland in Geneva.
The team was disappointed with the result, but even more so with the ability in the second half and especially in the first minutes of the second half when in fact Switzerland finished the story in three minutes.
"It's not appropriate to lack concentration at these levels," said a player in the national team, "after a first half where we really invested, everything went soft in the second half and we paid dearly for it."
In the national team, the first two matches are very disappointing.
Although the team realized from the beginning that the chances of getting points in Switzerland were low, but the big disappointment of the 1:1 in Bloomfield against Kosovo is still felt and takes its toll.
"In order to advance, we must win the internal matches against Kosovo and Romania," said a member of the national team, "No one here is giving up on the campaign, this is just the beginning and we will fight to the end for the spot in the Euros."
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The bright spot in the team at the start of the campaign.
Miguel Vitor (Photo: GettyImages, Eurasia Sport Images)
The one who received great compliments was Miguel Vitor who played two excellent games, unlike the rest of his defense mates who were not at their best.
Goalkeeper Omri Glazer also received praise, despite conceding three goals and he is expected to continue to receive the credit of being the first goalie throughout the current campaign.
On the other hand, those who disappointed perhaps more than all were Manor Salomon who had trouble reproducing the actions he does in the English Fulham and Eli Desa who would like to forget the two games.
In the locker room we defended the two: "Menor will give a lot to the team, even in this campaign," said one of his friends in the locker room, "We know that the country is entering a black hole, but we trust ourselves that in the next gatherings the results will be the opposite."
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Leidner (Photo: Reuters)
2. The next gathering of the team will be in preparation for the games against Belarus and Andorra in June, in which it is clear to everyone that points must not be lost at all.
The games that will be held on June 16 and 19 are causing a headache for the heads of the national team and for the heads of the association in general, because these will be held almost simultaneously with the games of the young team that will already be in Georgia for the opening of the European Under-21 Championship on June 22.
The team will have to decide whether they squeeze players such as Lial Abda, Hamudi Kanaan, Aden Kartsev, Doron Leidner, Daniel Peretz and others who can play in the young team today and are even responsible for the promotion campaign, or whether they focus on only one of the teams.
In addition to them, players such as Idan Tokalmati, Stav Lemkin, Roy Rabivo and especially Oscar Gloch can also take part in the Mondialeto that will open on May 20 and the association will have to make a decision whether Gloch, for example, will play in three different frameworks.
9th house
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Switzerland
2
2
0
0
0-8
6
2
Rumania
2
2
0
0
1-4
6
3
Kosovo
2
0
2
0
2-2
2
4
Andorra
2
0
1
1
3-1
1
5
Israel's national team
2
0
1
1
4-1
1
6
Belarus
2
0
0
2
7-1
0
The following matches of the Israeli national team in the Euro qualifiers
16.6, Belarus - Israel
19.6, Israel - Andorra
9.9, Romania - Israel
12.9, Israel - Belarus
12.10, Israel - Switzerland
15.10, Kosovo - Israel
18.11, Israel - Romania
21.11, Andorra - Israel
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