Just two months ago, Israel national team coach Willy Rotensteiner set seven goals ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign in Qatar. Among other things, he talked about changing the team’s image, turning it from sympathetic to successful, about the desire to advance in the FIFA rankings and improving the defensive game. Were expressed from the first moment, but it must also be said that defensively, our team was soft and lost too many balls.
Joel Abu Hanna and Eitan Tibi looked helpless in the face of the Danes’ attacks and received criticism, like the entire defensive game. For reference and in front of the microphones, he said Eran Zehavi Because there is no criticism of this or that player but in closed conversations other things were said. “We gave Denmark too much respect,” the players said.
Beyond the result against a team that is superior in every parameter, the ability should also be worrying for the next games. The players argued at the end that the three-brake method was inappropriate, and that Rotensteiner should change his approach. “Even with three brakes every game we snatch funny goals. What does Willie see that we are not? He did not learn from the previous campaign,” said some of the team players who were surprised to hear that the coach believes the team played well in many minutes.
A few hours before the whistle, at the hotel in Tel Aviv, Nir Bitton announced that he had tenderness in the groin. The team doctor, Dr. Udi Kaufman, sent him for an examination that revealed a tear. Himself and did not talk to the actors. Before leaving the hotel for the stadium, the team tried to drive the players crazy with World Cup photos over the years while the games were filmed in black and white.
Meanwhile, the team has already begun to think about the next task – the meeting against Scotland on Sunday, in which Rotensteiner is expected to make a certain rotation. Beavers Natcho, who received compliments from the coach (“Ask why he plays, he was just fantastic”), will open but will not finish again for 90 minutes. Dor Peretz Jost to the third brake position, and Neta Lavie may open at the link. Moanes Dabour, who injured his ankle, will undergo an examination today, and in any case Sean Weissman will open first. If Natcho is not on the field, the captain’s film will be transferred to Eitan Tibi. If the brake is also not on the field, then Eli Desa or Dor Peretz will take the film. The delegation claimed that Zehavi would not accept the film, when he himself did not want to.
In addition, the team fears the injury of Eyal Golsa, who suffered a strong blow to the knee and will undergo a photo. The connection may be missing from the following games. Before the game, Rotensteiner chose to remove Liel Abda from the squad, even though only Sean Weissman remains on the bench as someone who can play striker. For the upcoming game, Abda will already be included in the squad and it is not impossible that Hamudi Canaan will be the player who will not dress.
At the end of the game, the players chose not to go down to the locker room quickly and thanked the 5,000 fans who came and cheered even after the final whistle. Zehavi and Natcho stayed on the grass for long minutes, with the striker choosing to throw his shirt in the stands as a tribute and sign for the fans.
