A football game without an audience obviously loses a lot of its value, but at least gives the media in attendance a rare look at the dynamics between the bench and the players. Vern Ben Shimon, the coach of the Israeli national team, somewhat misled Shagib Yehezkel, his improvisation for the right back position.
There were many positive elements in the Israeli team's match yesterday in Debrecen, they stood out more in the first half. The Israeli equalizer was indeed an own goal and indeed resulted from a Belgian mistake, but it happened after continuous pressure from almost the entire team for about two minutes on the Belgian box, they repeat the attack twice and in such situations even senior professionals make mistakes.
The desire to achieve extraordinary achievements to raise morale collapsed last November, collapsed again in the playoffs against Iceland, and again in the Olympic Games. But football can lift morale simply because you get the kind of experience of playing against Kevin de Bruyne.
