Israel has achieved perhaps the most important victory in the history of its football, beating Brazil 3-2 in extra time and thus sealed its ticket to the semifinals of the U20 World Cupsomething unexpected and that leaves the Amazonians extremely disappointed.
And it is that perhaps since the days of Hasim Revivo, Israel had not been heard of in terms of footballbut now with this feat the Israelis will have an epic anecdote for history.
At minute 56, Brazilian striker Marcos Leonardo left goalkeeper Zarfati without options with an impressive shot from the corner. The footballer who emerged from the glorious youth academy of Santos was ahead of the South Americans. four minutes later, a header from Khalaili after a great cross from Kancepolsky placed the tie and thus the 90 minutes would end.
Extra time was full of emotions and the Israelis, who were the majority in the stadium, saw how their team was going to consummate the surprise. Just 30 seconds into the start when Andrey Santos set up Matheus Nascimento, this put Brazil ahead again with a shot against the post that became 1-2 for La Canarinha.
Israel was not going to sleep, it went on the attack and repeated history. In the 93rd minute Hamza Shibli pushed the ball in after a low cross from Ilay Feingold and equalized the actions. AND at minute 107 when the game seemed to go to penalties, Dor Turgeman took the ball inside the areadispatched two Brazilians and scored the winning goal.
Disappointed Brazil was about to give up the fourth goal of the Israelis but Ahmad Ibrahim missed from the 12 stepsHowever, the Jewish team still achieved a historic achievement in what is their first appearance in a world cup in this category.
With information from EFE
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