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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Football: Israel drop to 69th in FIFA rankings

Football:
Following their 1-1 draw with Azerbaijan on Saturday and their 3-1 loss against Russia on Tuesday, the Israel national team dropped 5 places in the FIFA world rankings and are now at a lowly 69th. Meanwhile the blue-and-white's fellow participants in qualifying Group F, Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan climbed up to 86th and 107th respectively, with the Irish being ranked way down in 109th before the update.
Despite this major setback for Israel, the national team's manager, Eli Guttman is more than aware that a good result against Portugal in their second to last qualifying match, could restore much needed pride in the team.

Elsewhere, in Israel, the Israeli Premier League teams have been holding friendly matches due to the 19 day gap that has been formed by this past week's national team break and the coming week's inclusion of Yom Kippur. 6 such matches have taken place in the last couple of days, below are the results:
Beitar Jerusalem 0-1 Beitar Tel Aviv
Ashdod 5-1 Hapoel Ashkelon
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1-0 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0-0 Hapoel Akko
Hapoel Haifa 1-1 Hapoel Ra'anana
Bnei Yehuda 4-2 Hapoel Kfar Shalem




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