The Israeli team will open the 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign on Thursday evening, when it will host Denmark at Bloomfield Stadium. It will be the first of three blue-and-white matches to be held next week as part of an attempt to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar, when on Sunday they will host Scotland and three days later will host Moldova.
Tonight (Wednesday), as is the best tradition, coach Willy Rotensteiner and captain Beavers sat down for a press conference and addressed the team’s preparations for the meeting with Christian Eriksen and his teammates. In addition, they talked about the expectations from the upcoming campaign, in which Israel will also meet the teams of Austria and the Faroe Islands.
“It will be a very big surprise if we take points against Denmark,” he said Rotensteiner Expectations, but stressed: “We never give up from start to finish, I believe in this team, in these players, and I’m sure we can challenge Denmark. Against a very good team we also need luck, and I hope we have that. It’s important that we play as one unit.” .
One of the biggest defeats of the Israeli team for generations occurred against Denmark, who defeated the Blues-Whites 0: 5 at the Ramat Gan Stadium in the first playoff game before Euro 2000. Rotensteiner was asked if he was aware of Israel’s negative history against the Scandinavians – saying: “I do not think it will “It is wise for us to think about it. We need to focus on our development, on the process, and if that is enough I can not know.”
“The players know exactly what they need to do on the pitch. We analyzed the Danes in all aspects of the game,” the Austrian coach concluded. “I can not give you the full game plan of course. How to stop stars like Christian Eriksen and Martin Breithwitt? We are aware of their qualities, but we are ready for this challenge. The players are motivated towards this challenge.”
Even before the words of the national coach, Bibras Natcho Was the first to face the press questions and first addressed the upcoming task: “We meet the perhaps strongest team at home. It’s pretty clear to everyone that they are the favorites. We will have to do things almost perfectly to win this game. It will be a very big challenge. Our home is not easy, but We will come to every game with a great desire to win. “
“We all know the problems of Israeli football, it is not something that will be solved tomorrow, there are things that need to be done behind the scenes, at a younger age,” added a partisan Belgrade contact about the chances in the upcoming campaign. “If we’re in the position of doing something great in this campaign, we’ll devour that opportunity.”
Natcho was asked about the possibility that not in every game he will open in the squad, meaning the captain’s film will move to another player, saying: “Only the coach will determine the squad. Regarding these whispers, nothing bothers me. I have already talked to the coach about these things. “What matters is not Beavers Natcho or any other player. What matters is that the team is better and succeeds.”
“If I did not think I could contribute, I would not be here,” Natcho continued, sending a message: “In the State of Israel, the issue of age is a bit exaggerated. The two best players in the world – look at what age they are. “Also for football. Leave the age, deal with what happens on the pitch. Respect? I get from the players, from the team – that’s the most important thing for me.”
