Sean Wiseman's dramatic equaliser on Wednesday against Switzerland (1:1) gave a lot of joy and hope to the Israeli team, but Alon Hazan and his players must beat Romania tonight (Saturday, 21:45) in order to maintain their chances of qualifying for the European Championship in order not to rely on the Nations League playoffs in March.
The Blue and White have lost just one game of their last six games, but will meet an opponent who hasn't lost an official game in over a year, making tonight's task even more difficult. About 3,000 fans, most of them residents of the Gaza envelope, secured their place at the Pancho Arena in Hungary, nearly 600 of whom will be Romanians.
Professionally, there was an unquiet day in the Israeli camp after Sean Wiseman received the announcement that he would not be included in the squad after his disciplinary infraction after the goal he scored on Wednesday. Wiseman made a "quiet" gesture to the bench and filtered out a curse that cost him dearly. Those who did get their chance again in the 11th were the talented young players – Anan Halaili, and Dor Turgeman, who looked great against the Swiss and will play in attack alongside Eran Zahavi and Oscar Gloch. Dor Perez and Miguel Vitor also returned to the lineup.
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Israel: Omri Glazer, Eli Dessa, Shawn Goldberg, Miguel Vitor, Roy Revivo, Neta Lavi, Dor Peretz, Anan Halaili, Oscar Gloch, Dor Turgeman and Eran Zehavi.
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