Yeah, Colautti missed practically the whole season. Film, I don't disagree about the conservativeness of all the managers we have had, but we shouldn't give away chances for Barda, Itzhaki, Benayoun etc. for a bunch of kids with flair. Kids also make mistakes. That is why I propose involving them over time through substitutions and I am sure that that is what Kashtan will do. But if he doesn't call any of them up, there is no reason they can't play for the under-21s. I hate that we don't call them up for the lower team once they join the full side.
This is obviously not a team that can compete today, though it would be fun to watch all those kids on display at home again Luxembourg. Even this young squad should have no problem beating up on Lux, especially with all the energy all these kids would bring. For the future (EC'12, EC'16 and WC'14), the team looks pretty strong, probably the best team Israel has ever fielded if most of the kids more or less fulfill their potential. When the Euro championship expands to 24 teams in 2016, the kids will be in their prime and I don't see any reason why Israel won't make it. In 2010 WCQ, Israel has an easy group as we all know. Nobody of course knows what kind of group it will get in 2014, but I suspect that the team will be strong enough to be in the second pool so it will again get a decent draw though instead of Greece, it would have France or Spain or Germany in the group. Still better than the draws it had to deal with when it was in the 4th pool and had to take on 3 teams ranked above it, rather than the one higher ranked team. With the infusion of youth, Israel will have a good shot at it in 2014. At this point, I'd be willing to bet money that Israel will make it into the WC either in 2010 or 2014.
any news on the national team as for preperations for the first qaulifying game against switzerland? any players called up or down. what the line up will seem like? im getting impatient for the games to start!!!
Israel/Switzerland Game Online Hi is there a good website where I can watch Israel's game against Switzerland live online?
yea same question, i cant find anywhere online to buy the game..and i dont really trust the P2P or free streaming websites...i have to see this game.. please help
For those interested, our roster for the match: (Club/Caps/Goals) Keepers Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg/14/0) Fabio Coltorti (Racing de Santander/8/0) Eldin Jakupovic (Grasshoppers/1/0) Defenders Johan Djourou (Arsenal/18/1) Stéphane Grichting (Auxerre/20/0) Stephan Lichtsteiner (Lazio/15/0) Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart/54/3) Christoph Spycher (Frankfurt/40/0) Steve Von Bergen (Hertha Berlin/5/0) Alain Nef (Udinese/1/1) Midfielders Almen Abdi (FC Zürich/1/0) Tranquillo Barnetta (Leverkusen/35/6) Valon Behrami (West Ham United/20/2) Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City/12/0) Benjamin Huggel (Basel/26/0) Gökhan Inler (Udinese/21/1) Valentin Stocker (Basel/1/1) Johan Vonlanthen (Salzburg/34/7) Forwards Blaise Nkufo (Twente Enschede/16/2) Hakan Yakin (Al-Gharafa/70/19) Eren Derdiyok (Basel/7/1) Some absences due to injury, notably Alex Frei (Dortmund) and Senderos (AC Milan)
Squad for Israel Dror Kashtan announced the squad, some players are already in Israel: Goalkeepers: Dudu Aouate (Deportivo de La Coruña) Nir Davidovich (Maccabi Haifa) Liran Strauber (Maccabi Netanya) Defenders: Dedi Ben-Dayan (Maccabi Netanya) Tal Ben-Haim (Manchester City) Dekel Keinan (Maccabi Haifa) Shmuel Kozokin (Beitar Jerusalem) Klemi Saban (Maccabi Netanya) Avi Strul (K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen) Yoav Ziv (Beitar Jerusalem) Midfielders: Gal Alberman (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Aviram Baruchyan (Beitar Jerusalem) Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool) Maor Buzaglo (Maccabi Haifa) Tamir Cohen (Bolton Wanderers) Biram Kiyal (Maccabi Haifa) Moshe Ohayon (Beitar Jerusalem) Salim Toama (Standard Liège) Forwards: Elyaniv Barda (K.R.C. Genk) Amit Ben-Shushan (Beitar Jerusalem) Roberto Colautti (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Omer Golan (K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen) Ben Sahar (Portsmouth)
u guys already know what i'm gonna say: "he should have called Megrelashvili and Haimovitch in defence"
what about Pini Balili, Toto Tammuz and Gai Assulin? I'm glad to see Salim Toama back on the team. Who's going to start for Israel?
Gai Assulin is with the under-21 side. I believe that Toto Tammuz is still coming off injury, even though he played for Beitar. Pini Balili hasn't made any headlines in Turkey. Unfortunately for him, he needs them in order to get a call-up.
How to get Tickets? Are there still tickets availible for Saturday's game? I can't read Hebrew so not really sure how to order them. Also, how would I get from the central bus station (would be taking a sherut from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv) to the stadium? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!
Gai Assulin should have still been called up for experiance purposes. AM YISRAEL CHAI Come on Israel let's go to the world cup
Re: How to get Tickets? Yeah, so you have to take the bus to Tel Aviv's central station or Arlozorov Train Station. From the Tel Aviv central station, take bus number 67 to the stadium. You will see other people waiting for the bus. If you go to the train station, take a train to the Bnei Brak station. It is walking distance to the stadium. To order a ticket in advance, you will have to go to or call the Leaan ticket office in Tel Aviv (03-5247373). One of their offices is right off of Dizingoff. You can arrange with them to pick the ticket up at the stadium on the day of the game, or you can go to the ticket office to buy the ticket in advance.
No, you can't gamble on him for this match. Let him play against Luxembourg or Moldova. We need to win every match at home.
Is it a big handicap for you that Gal Alberman won't be available for this important game? He played superbly against Bremen (you don't get a rating of 1.5 very often from "Kicker"), but apparently was substituted after 75 minutes due to injury (initially, I thought due to exhaustion). http://www.borussia.de/de/borussia_news_detail,185,0,newsid-163931.html
i dont think its a HUGE loss, he's the best player in that position sure, but guys like Ohayon, Cohen and Baruchyan can do the trick this time..