The game will be at 2:45 P.M. USA Eastern with coverage on Fox Sports 1 starting at 2:30 P.M. If Israel wins their two easiest remaining games, hosting Cyprus and Andorra, and gets at least 3 points from their four hardest remaining games (both against Belgium, at Bosnia-Herzegovina, and at Wales), that should be enough for Israel to finish at least third.
Well said Evan. They can definitely get third with those results. If they get 3 tomorrow, then top two looks plausible again as well.
We were shit in the second half, but I thought you guys didn't do enough with your extra man apart from the last ten minutes or so.
Israel has had poor performances at home, winning only 1 out of 5 home qualifiers for World Cup 2014 and losing 4-0 hosting a Russia team that is now behind Israel in the FIFA Rankings. If Israel loses Matchday 6 at Bosnia-Herzegovina, I think they won't finish in the top two. An Israel win combined with a Belgium-Wales draw would create a three-way tie at 12 points. Israel still has to go to Belgium and Wales.
You are right, and the truth is, Israel did not deserve this win. Belgium deserved it and based on Israels last two performances, They don't deserve to sit in the top two spots. Hats off to Belgium, 3pts deserved. Also, a 3 way tie would not help israel as they lost the head to head. they would still be on bottom of those two.
EvanJ, regardless of bosnia, at this point Israel will not sit in the top two spots. Unless Israel Win in Wales and Belgium which looking at this performances is almost impossible. This game I think had ups and downs. Israel performed better than in the Wales game but still made Way too many mistakes, with poor passing throughout the game until the very end. The goal was off side but still they deserved to be up as Israel did have a handball which the ref did not call. Funny thing ....... The top two players for Belgium came off, Hazard sub'd off and Kompany red carded. So loosing the top two players and being a man down, you'd think would be enough. On top of that, Belgium remove Bentake and put in what appeared to be a mid fielder. So now they are just clearing the ball to end this game with 26min left (plus 4 added min=30min). Only at the end did real pressure come from Israel and still no goal. Ben harush out for a striker. Good Job coach....except why bring in an aging Barda. He was a fast player in his youth. Good for counters. why did Sheather not come in. Why take out Tomer Hemed.......he wasn't getting service and that's why he wasn't getting the ball. By moving sahar into his position, Sahar had less touches and it took him out of the game. Same result
Eli Guttman should be fired IMMEDIATELY. That was just a silly game. 2 home games and Israel failed to score 1 goal. Even for 30 min playing against 10 men. When Israel played Bosnia, keep in mind that they did not have Dzeko. If Israel loose to Bosnia, most likely they will not even finish 3rd and they won't even go to play offs for qualification. This year, 1 more team gets to go automatically and playoff exists as well for 3rd place. Should be easy qualifying for Israel and it looks like we will be out of all 3 spots at this point. Fire Guttman, bring in anyone else to manage this team. How can you play and not score. How can you make such dumb mistakes as manager. why didn't Tibi get taken off before yet another dumb foul on Bale. How amateur is this team. What is Guttman even doing. Luzon needs to wake up and bring in someone else NOW.
The guy who came in for us (for Benteke) was Jason Denayer, a CB. BTW, that move was widely criticized in the Belgian press and rightly so. Without Benteke we no longer had anyone capable of holding on to the ball in the opponents half, which meant we perpetually lost possession with 20 seconds of gaining it.
I didn't realize he was a CB but I was shocked myself that Benteke came off in the first place. Your right, that's exactly why it just Belgium clearing it for some time at the end. Clearly they had the quality to end the game and win it. Israel did not have the quality as you see some idiotic players taking shots so far from goal.
We should of changed managers when this happened. Maybe it would of helped. Certainly helped bosnia when they did it.