Match Report
| General Info | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Golan Cohen (43')
Gerardo Alfonsín (5')
| Israel | Argentina | ||
| Formation | 5-2-3_v11  | 5-3-2_v11 | |
| Style | Defensive / Mixed Passing | Neutral / Short Passing | |
| Offside Trap | Yes | No | |
| Tackling | Hard | Normal | |
| Pressing | High | Low | |
| Counter Attack | Yes | Yes | |
| One-on-Ones | No | Yes | |
| Marking | Zonal | Man to Man | |
| High Balls | No | Yes | |
| Keeping Style | Not Defined | Not Defined | |
| First Time Shots | No | No | |
| Long Shots | Yes | Yes | |
| Possession | 54% | 46% | |
| Shots | 1 | 8 | |
| Shots on Goal | 0 | 3 | |
| Effectiveness | 0% | 12% | |
| Short Passes (%) | 62% | 92% | |
| Long Passes (%) | 38% | 8% | |
| Fouls | 14 | 26 | |
| Comment |
| A crowd of 48000 arrived at the stadium (with a full capacity of 48000 terraces) to see Israel - Argentina! These are some great conditions for football as the sun shines in the sky! At the 5th minute of the match, penalty for Argentina, after a dubious foul on Juan Manuel López. Gerardo Alfonsín steps up to take this penalty...and he blasts it home to score a goal for Argentina! At 5 minutes, Israel makes its first substitution. Kobi Pitusi leaves and Amos Driks enters in his place. Israel's coach brought a new face onto the ground. For their second substitution, Michel Zar will come on, in the place of Ariel Elibovich. All this at 5 minutes. The players of Israel seem to be following orders from their manager as they are now playing in another formation. Israel changes their style. They seem to be advancing more up the field in play. Substitution for Israel at 5 minutes. Shmulik Machluf is leaving giving his place to Golan Cohen. A change is evident from Argentina. They seem to playing more defensive now. The players of Argentina are playing the high ball very well. They are winning almost all of the aerial plays. The players of Argentina are able to use their long shots ability. The players of Argentina are in general not as fast as their opponents, and they seem to be not taking advantage of the good pitch conditions. The players of Argentina are winning the majority of one-on-one confrontations. The players of Israel are able to use their long shots ability. After 24 minutes, Gerardo Alfonsín passes to Gabriel Tolosa, who immediately returns the pass. Gerardo Alfonsín dribbles his way into the box... Gerardo Alfonsín shoots powerfully but the ball goes over the bar. The marking style applied by Argentina's players is working very well today. The pressing made by the players of Argentina seems to be working alright. Their opponents show some problems when they try to pass the ball among themselves. The defensive line of Israel is able to put the opponent forwards in offside frequently. 45 minutes are counted, Ben Vatori crosses brilliantly to the box where Dean Yehiel gains position and heads the ball... but Jeremías Villarruel was in Dean Yehiel's way and the ball goes out the field! At half time, the result is 0-1. The home team is slightly dominating ball possession. Israel held it for 51% of the time while Argentina controlled it for the other 49%. Even though this small difference in ball possession, the visitors are in the lead. The second-half promises to be quite interesting. The time is now 53 minutes, when after a pass by Gabriel Tolosa, Gerardo Alfonsín gets around his marker and enters the box but he completely misses the target! At 62 minutes, with the scoreboard marking 0-1, Gabriel Tolosa dribbles through the opponent's defensive line, and passes the ball to Gerardo Alfonsín, who tries to chip it over the keeper... but Amos Driks predicts this one, and catches the ball without a problem! The marking style applied by Israel's players is working very well today. After 66 minutes, Gabriel Tolosa manages to release himself from his marker, and with excellent vision drives a pass that falls beautifully for Gerardo Alfonsín who in turn makes a hooked shot, for the almost impossible save by Amos Driks! 85 minutes according to the clock, Gabriel Tolosa recovers the ball with great effort, gets around two opposition players and with a subtle pass puts the ball on Gerardo Alfonsín's foot who shoots first time home, but the ball hits the bar and goes wide. Great shot. After the end of the match, the one goal difference at half-time was kept by the visitors, and so Argentina wins by the minimum advantage. |
Match Report
Information
| Nick | |
| Country | Under-21 |
Game Events
| There are no scheduled events in the next two hours. |