The press conference of the Israeli national team ahead of the Euro promotion playoffs/photo: Shlomi Gabbai.
Video editing: Nir Chen
The Israel national team will hold its first training session in Budapest tonight (Monday) ahead of the meeting with Iceland in the semi-finals of the Euro playoffs.
Israel's home game will be on Thursday in the capital of Hungary and the team hopes for a victory that will advance them to the final game next Tuesday against the winner between Bosnia and Ukraine.
The two will meet in the Bosnian city of Zanica, with Ukraine being the favorite.
If Ukraine does win in Bosnia, it will host the final match for the ticket to the Euros in Wroclaw, Poland.
The team flew in at noon from Israel, when the legionnaires joined on flights from the countries where they are playing.
Tonight in training, mainly those who did not play yesterday will train, while those who played will have treatments and rest, so that only tomorrow will Alon Hazan train with a full squad of 24 players.
Competes with Dor Turgeman on the left wing.
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Although there are more training sessions before Yossi Benyon and Alon Hazan, it is quite clear that there are players whose place is guaranteed in the 11.
Omri Glazer will open the goal.
The defensive squad will consist of Eli Dessa, Miguel Vitor, Sean Goldberg and Roy Rabivo.
Dor Peretz, Netta Lavi and Oskar Gloch will probably play in the midfield and Anan Halaili on the right, Eran Zahavi on the wing and on the left wing the competition is open between Dor Turgeman and Liel Abda.
It is possible, after all, one change in the link if Banyon and Hazan decide that there is room to put Muhammad Abu Fani in the 11 and then one of the midfielders will leave.
"It is very important who will start, but it is also very important who will come in and what the substitutions will be, therefore all the players should be fully prepared, because in these games there are many changes along the way," said the team upon arriving in Budapest in the afternoon.
About a thousand fans of the national team, some from Israel and some from around Europe, will cheer on Thursday from the stands in Budapest.
"We are only on the first day of the gathering, but there is already excitement," the team concluded ahead of the first training session tonight.
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