The Israeli national team hopes that as many fans as possible will surprise and come tonight (Thursday, 20:30) to Shlomo Insurance Stadium in Petah Tikva to watch the friendly match against the Zambian national team. About 5,000 fans of the national team are expected to arrive and the players hope for more.
“This is an opportunity to see our players just before the World Cup starts, when we have a very long break from the league in Israel,” said the football association today. Some of the prominent players of the national team retired or decided not to be part of the national team for the time being, but it is precisely against this background that the association wants to see one cohesive unit of players who want to represent the country and lead the national team.
Coach Alon Hazan held a meeting for the players at the hotel about Zambia and some of them left it surprised. “We didn’t think Zambia was that good. It seems that between them and Cyprus, against whom we will play on Sunday, Zambia is actually stronger,” said a number of players who were impressed by the segments they watched.
Assistant coach Alon Harazi sharpened in the meeting he held the matter of stationary situations, both defensively and offensively. “We would like to see an improvement in funds and stationary positions in the upcoming campaign,” said the team.
Coach Alon Hazan will divide the minutes between the players in the two games and for him, the way the players will look before the start of the Euro campaign has a lot of weight.