Football: Akko complete signing of Eli Zizov

Eli Zizov

Hapoel Akko have completed the signing of 22-year-old Israeli attacking midfielder, Eli Zizov. The deal will see Akko pay Maccabi Tel Aviv, the club which Zizov has been at since 2011, 50,000 Shekel.
Zizov, who in the past has also been in the books of Bulgarian club Levski Sofia and Portuguese giants S.C Braga, will be available for Akko's game against Bnei Yehuda on Saturday.

 Israeli Premier League Week 10 fixtures:

Sat	23/11/13	Maccabi Petah Tikva	vs	Bnei Sakhnin        at 17:00
		Hapoel Haifa	vs	Maccabi Tel Aviv  at 17:00
		Hapoel Ra'anana	vs	Ashdod                  at 18:00
		Hapoel Akko	vs	Bnei Yehuda         at 18:00
		Beitar Jerusalem	vs	Ironi Kiryat Shmona at 19:30
Sun	24/11/13	Hapoel Tel Aviv	vs	Maccabi Haifa       at 20:10
Mon	25/11/13	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	vs	Ironi Ramat HaSharon at 20:50

Israel Premier League Table:

#		Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P	Last 5 matches
1		Maccabi Tel Aviv	9	6	2	1	18	6	+12	20	D L W W D
2		Hapoel Be'er Sheva	9	6	2	1	17	8	+9	20	W W D L D
3		Hapoel Haifa	9	5	1	3	10	9	+1	16	L W W W L
4		Hapoel Tel Aviv	9	4	3	2	16	6	+10	15	D W W L D
5		Hapoel Ra'anana	9	3	5	1	9	7	+2	14	D W D L D
6		Beitar Jerusalem	9	4	2	3	10	9	+1	14	L W D W W
7		Bnei Sakhnin	9	3	4	2	10	13	-3	13	L D L W D
8		Ashdod	9	3	3	3	11	9	+2	12	W D D L D
9		Ironi Kiryat Shmona	9	3	3	3	9	10	-1	12	D L D W D
10		Maccabi Haifa	9	3	2	4	10	9	+1	11	W L L W D
11		Hapoel Akko	9	2	3	4	8	11	-3	9	D L D W W
12		Maccabi Petah Tikva	9	1	4	4	10	16	-6	7	D D D L W
13		Bnei Yehuda	9	1	2	6	10	17	-7	5	D L D L L
14		Ironi Ramat HaSharon	9	0	2	7	4	22	-18	2	D D L L L

 

U-21's Football: Portugal edge past Israel in 7 goal thriller

Munas Dabbur celebrates after opening the scoring for Israel (ifa)

 

Israel's qualification hopes for Euro 2015 were slashed last night as they were defeated by Portugal, 4-3, in front of about 6,000 spectators at the Hamoshava Stadium in Petach Tikva. 
Israel took the lead (1-0) 9 minutes in, through a Munas Dabbur strike, but his goal was cancelled out just 7 minutes later when Ivan Cavaleiro received an aerial through ball from Luis Gustavo and slotted the ball between goalie, Barak Levi's legs.
Dia Saba on his 21st birthday returned the lead to Israel in the 55th minute (2-1) but goals from Ricardo and Bernando Silva in the 59th and 64th minute respectively handed the control back to Portugal (2-3). In the 74th minute Taleb Tawatha got on the end of an Eli Dasa cross to equalize for the Blue and White (3-3), But 4 minutes from time, a deflected Bernardo SIlva shot (4-3) handed the win to the Portuguese.
"I'm torn apart", said Israel's manager Michael Nees after the game, "On one side I am absolutely satisfied with the technical level at which we played, the pace with which we attacked and overall we played good football. On the other side we lost the game, so we only earn respect but no points".

 Group 8

	P	Pts
Portugal	4	12
Israel	5	9
FYROM	3	4
Azerbaijan	5	4
Norway	5	3

Football: Israel U-21's face Portugal tonight in a vital Euro 2015 qualifier

Israel U-21's players celebrate during Friday's 4-1 victory

Tonight (at 19:30) Israel's U-21's will take on Portugal at the Hamoshava Stadium in their 5th Euro 2015 qualifying group 8 match following their 4-1 victory over Norway on Friday. The Blue and White enter tonight's game with an amazing 3.5 goals scored per game average in the current campaign but nevertheless were defeated 3-0 when they visited Portugal last month.
"We are not scared but we are realistic and we are self-confident", said Israel U-21's manager, Michael Nees, "If we bring our performance we have a good chance".
Munas Dabbur, who scored a hat-trick in Friday's win, added: "It will be a hard and interesting game, and that doesn't mean that it was easy against Norway. Portugal are a simply amazing team. We will come focused in order do what we need to do. I believe in the team".
Israel are expected to lineup tonight in a 4-4-2 formation with just 2 changes from Friday with Tal Khila switching Edi Gotlieb in defense and Ofir Mizrachi coming in for Gil Yitzhak in attack.

Israel U-21's expected lineup:
GK: Barak Levi, DF: Eli Dasa, Tal Khila, Ben Vehava, Taleb Twatiha, MF: Gadi Kinda, Lotem Zino, Roi Kehat, Omri Altman, FW: Ofir Mizrahi, Munas Dabbur

Group 8

	P	Pts
Israel	4	9
Portugal	3	9
Azerbaijan	5	4
FYROM	3	4
Norway	5	3

(The game will be live on Sport5 from 19:30)