Ok, let's get some game-talk going. First off, does anyone know where I can get some good online live feeds?
1-0 already, not surprised in the least bit. The national team has been in a steady decline since Avram Grant left. Let me first be clear I'm not a big fan of Grant's overall but his record with the national team speaks for itself. In a much tougher group than Kashtan had or that Fernandez has he went undefeated and nearly qualified. I commend Fernandez for playing attacking soccer against Croatia but it didnt work and it's a results oriented business. Now if Israel lose to Greece and it's looking very likely they're all but out of the running only 4 matches in. Wow...in 10 yrs I don't remember an Israeli national side this quickly without hope of qualification. Especially in a relatively easy group like this.
The stream is not good at all, always breaks on me, but it's the only one I could find. If someone has a better one, please post it.
2-1, all three goals scored by Greece! Qualification is over...2 months into it. I put full blame for this disaster of a qualifying campaign on the IFA. A failed Beiter coach, which no one in Europe wanted was not that way to go...fire him and get someone in that can inspire the team to at least have a couple nice performances....The way things are going I am afraid what the 2014 WC campaign will look like. Loss at home to Andorra maybe??
You know, this team started the game poor with Greece going 1 on 1 numerous times, however they bounced back. We had a penalty that was not called.........Clearly a handball in the box. We hit the bar on one attack.......could of made a big difference. We lost 2 games now and both games we deserved at least a point of them. 2-1 loss on a penalty AGAIN, Croatia loss on a penalty, LAST TIME WE PLAYED IN GREECE WE LOST TO A PENALTY. Defense was very weak today. Your right though, I can't believe we lost 2 already, I remember when we didn't loose a competitive match in years.......very sad. The game really upset and hurt to watch. I was not a fan of fernandez but I think he did well with the loss of Yossi. Sometimes you need luck and we just didn't have it......on the other had, you have to make your own luck sometimes and the likes of some of our players in midfield and defense really were not inspireing.
We'll qualify, we have Greece at home and we can draw in Croatia... 3 points from all of the other games and we're fine... teams have lost multiple games and still qualified, not a big deal... fernandez is a good coach, give him time, it's been 4 games but he's only had the job for as many months... attacking football is the way to go, especially in a group like ours - i'd rather lose 2 - 1 playing attacking then not qualify with a bunch of 0 - 0 draws...
Highlights from the match.. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLrA5L9eeS4"]YouTube - 12.10.2010 Highlights Greece 2-1 Israel ???? - ??????[/ame]