The Israeli team returned last night (Sunday) from Germany after the 2: 0 loss on Saturday and is now finishing its preparations for the second friendly match in three days, tomorrow at the stadium in Netanya against Romania (Tuesday, 20:45). The Football Association said about 7,500 tickets had been sold and in addition about 300 Ukrainian refugees would be hosted.
Interim coach Gadi Bromer will try to achieve his debut victory and he spoke about it today at the press conference ahead of what is expected to be his last game on the lines, but even before that he stood in front of the microphones Captain Beavers Natcho who sharply condemned last night’s horrific attack in Hadera.
“On my behalf and on behalf of the entire team, we want to share the grief of the families after the horrific attack in Hadera and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded. We condemn anything like this, any human scum that harms innocent people,” “They defame us and our name and harm families. 19-year-old children ended their lives because of people who hurt me to call them human beings. We share the grief of the families.”
Asked if he would play against Romania after missing the meeting in Germany, Natcho replied: “I believe I will be fine, I am fit for tomorrow. We played on Saturday against one of the best teams in the world and the level differences are clear and known, we knew we would get to this game mainly to defend. “We have to dare more and nothing will happen if we lose balls, but in front of such a team – even if it did not give all one hundred percent as in a normal game – we stood nicely.”
On Romania, Natcho added: “There will be a different game because we will have to initiate. We play in our home against a team that is more or less in our capacity, so we will have to attack, know how to hold the ball, defend and especially come to win.”
Finally, the captain spoke about the contempt whistles suffered by Mons Dabour in recent home games: “Mons is not responsible for the reactions of the crowd, he needs to be focused on football and the requests of the professional team. We are one team that wants to do the best for our country.”
Then it was Bromer who analyzed the game in Germany: “I experienced from the lines a team in the world top. To hit the game against Germany is problematic, it is a team that is better than us in every parameter and so is 90 percent of the other teams in the world. I think we can still narrow the gaps “Tomorrow against Romania we will have to learn from the less good things we did, especially in the transitions from defense to attack and vice versa. We will arrive released tomorrow, in order to enjoy – it is a preparation game and that is how we should treat it.
On the opponent, Bromer said: “The Romanians are in a very big stage of progress than I know and know, this is a good team that we will not have an easy time against. We see that this is a good, organized and trained team. simple”.
Bromer is known to line up for tomorrow’s game without Nir Bitton, who started in the center of defense against Germany, but returned to Scotland at the request of his team Celtic in a pre-approved decision. Bitton’s place in the center of defense is expected to be taken by one of Iyad Abu ‘Abid, Matan Balteksa or Ural Degani.