The young Israeli team lost tonight (Tuesday) 1: 0 to Germany in Petah Tikva, in the eighth round of the second round of the Euro 2023 qualifiers. Basel in the 60th minute made the difference between the two teams and determined that Israel had probably lost a chance to finish in first place at home.
The gap between the two teams now stands at five points with only two games left. Germany will also have a draw from one of the two remaining games (Hungary at home and Poland away) to finish in first place and automatically secure a ticket to the Euros, which significantly lowers Israel’s chances of finishing first and makes it almost nil. Alon Hazan’s team has two comfortable games left against Latvia away and San Marino at home to secure second place in the playoffs. The good news from tonight is that Poland and Hungary parted ways in a draw, leaving Israel with a point gap from Poland.
In the previous game between the two in the qualifiers, Israel beat Germany and still led 1: 2 with the start of the 89th minute, but the team managed to complete an extraordinary turnaround and win 2: 3. After seven games in house number 2, Germany at the top with 18 points, Israel ranked second with 16 and Poland third with 14 points in the balance, but will be able to overtake Israel in the event of a loss of Hazan and his players to the team.
Only the team that finishes first automatically qualifies for the European Championship, but also the best team that finished in second place will qualify directly for the competition and will not have to participate in the playoffs in which the other 8 runners-up will take part.
Minute 1: Jonathan Borkardt, who was due to start for Germany, was injured during the warm-up and was left out of the squad. The Mainz striker, who has scored nine goals in the Bundesliga this season, was to wear the captain’s armband to Anglo Stiller.
Minute 5: Kartzev made it very dangerous for German captain Anglo Stiller, luckily there is no VAR here.
Minute 8: Malik Thielman went over everyone in the corner and hit hard but inaccurate and his ball went over the frame.
22 minutes: Half a first chance for Israel. Muhammad Canaan extracted a ball in a dangerous area and kicked from a weak 20 meters straight into the hands of goalkeeper Noa Atobolo.
24th minute: Ilai Almkeys committed a foul on Jamie Lebling and received a yellow card.
32 min: Eden Kartzev kicked very hard from a great distance after a free kick, but it was inaccurate and the ball went out.
49th minute: Substitute Osher Davida was sent with an excellent depth ball forward, got along with his keeper and from the right kicked to the far corner not accurate enough and out. First real opportunity for Israel.
52 min: Podgorano’s end burst nicely from the left, passed between two, but fell and the referee ordered to continue playing.
Minute 60: Gate! Jan Tillman passed Kerem Jaber and Omri Gandelman on the left and passed a wide pass to Noah Katerbach, who kicked with an excellent right foot inside Germany’s 0-1. Daniel Peretz had no chance
71 min: Liel Abda was sent deep and took advantage of a mistake by the defense, but kicked in front of the goalkeeper over the frame.
88 minutes: A dangerous opportunity for Israel. Liel Abda received from me Boganim and kicked a ball that hit one of the defensive players and went to the corner.
The vehicles
Israel: Daniel Peretz, Karem Jaber (Zohar Zasno, 71), Omri Gandelman, Yuval Sadeh, Ziv Morgan, Eden Kartzev, Ido Shachar (Maor Levy, 70), Ilai Almkeys (Osher Davida, 46), Muhammad Canaan (Itai Boganim , 82), End of Podgorano, Liel Abda.
Germany: Noah Atobolo, Yosha Vaganman (Killian Fisher, 84), Armel Bella Kotchap, Merton Dardai, Noah Caterbach, Anglo Stiller, Tom Krauss, Malik Thielman (Eric Martel, 68), Jan Thielman, Jamie Lebling (Eric Shuranov, 77), Ansgar Knaoff (Farid Alido, 77).