Israel U-21 has beaten Bulgaria away in a very important result to advance the European championship in 2011. The NT who had a dissapointing draw against Kazakhstan in the opening round beat the Bulgarian in the 90th minute with a Ben Sahar goal.
The hosts opened the score already in the third minute, Israel got bakc to game and made it 3-1, plus one Bulgaria player wa sent off later. Everything seemed in our favour, but the hosts managed to tie the game. Ben Sahar was there on the right spot to give all 3 points to Israel in injury time. Now we lead the group with 4 points togehter with Kazakhstan. Montenegro has 3 points while Sweden and Bulgaria have 0. Only reminding that Sweden hasn´t played any games yet. They will participate in the Euro 2009 that will take place this week.
Not the qualifiers, the final tournament itself. We lost in the playoffs with a strong Italian side that included names such as Giovinco, Ballotelli, Criscito.
We are now playing the qualifiers for the 2011 finals.
Moti Ivanir has called up the team that will participate in a training camp in Serbia and play a friendly with the local NT.
This is a preparation for an important clash against Kazakhstan for the Euro qualifiers.
Full Squad:
Keepers:
Ariel Harush (Beitar Jerusalem)
Boris Kleiman (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Toto Tamuz (Beitar Jerusalem)
Tal Ben Haim (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Omer Damari (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Dudu Biton (Hapoel Raanana)
Dela Yampolski (Maccabi Netanya)
Hen Azriel (Beitar Jerusalem)
Yeah they played well especially in the first half.
10 minutes from time Guy Asulin was subbed and in a surprising, but nice gesture from the Serbian fans he received a standing ovation for his excellence performance in the game.
Israel U-21 will play against Kazakhstan away and here is the full squad.
IMO we could form a very good lineup from these players.
Keepers:
Ariel Harush (Beitar Jerusalem)
Boris Kleiman (Maccabi Herzliya)
Daniel Lipshitz (Maccabi Netanya)
Defenders and sidebacks
Oshri Roash (Hapoel Haifa)
Rami Guershon (Standard Liege)
Israel Rosh (SC Ashdod)
Oded Elkayam (Hapoel Haifa)
Orel Degani (Maccabi Netanya)
Taleb Twataha (Maccabi Haifa)
Mor Dahan (Ahi Nazrath)
Midfielders
Bibras Nactho (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Idan Vered (Beitar Jerusalem)
Liroy Zahiri (Bnei Yehuda)
Ran Abukrat (Hapoel Haifa)
Avi Rikan (Beitar Jerusalem)
Mohamed Ghadir (Maccabi Haifa)
Guy Asulin (Barcelona)
Dor Malul (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Forwards and Strikers
Tal Ben Haim (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Omer Damari (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Dudi Biton (Hapoel Raanana)
Hen Azriel (Beitar Jerusalem)
Toto Tamuz (Beitar Jerusalem)
Tomer Swissa (Kiriat Shmona)
Israel U-21 will play against Kazakhstan away and here is the full squad.
IMO we could form a very good lineup from these players.
Keepers:
Ariel Harush (Beitar Jerusalem)
Boris Kleiman (Maccabi Herzliya)
Daniel Lipshitz (Maccabi Netanya)
Defenders and sidebacks
Oshri Roash (Hapoel Haifa)
Rami Guershon (Standard Liege)
Israel Rosh (SC Ashdod)
Oded Elkayam (Hapoel Haifa)
Orel Degani (Maccabi Netanya)
Taleb Twataha (Maccabi Haifa)
Mor Dahan (Ahi Nazrath)
Midfielders
Bibras Nactho (Hapoel Tel Aviv) Idan Vered (Beitar Jerusalem)
Liroy Zahiri (Bnei Yehuda)
Ran Abukrat (Hapoel Haifa) Avi Rikan (Beitar Jerusalem)
Mohamed Ghadir (Maccabi Haifa)
Guy Asulin (Barcelona)
Dor Malul (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Forwards and Strikers
Tal Ben Haim (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Omer Damari (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
Dudi Biton (Hapoel Raanana) Hen Azriel (Beitar Jerusalem) Toto Tamuz (Beitar Jerusalem)
Tomer Swissa (Kiriat Shmona)
too bad beitar benches him when he should be playing a full 90 minutes. This guy once had an offer from bayern, now he warms the bench for one of the worst clubs in israel. He'll be at Haifa in no time!
A good result for Israel. Tomorrow there's a crucial match for Sweden in Kazakhstan. Hopefully that ends in a draw or loss for Sweden. We need them to drop points.