Manchester City Women’s football club receive similar criticisms as the men’s team, regarding their financial advantage. The big difference is that these investments spearhead women’s football into new standards of professionalism, and might benefit the whole system.
Iceland is a rising football nation in recent years, so we sent Juan Gafas to find us a local diamond. Meet Valdimar Ingimundarson.
Daniel Tenenbaum was signed by Maccabi Tel Aviv three years ago but has barely played since. An unfortunate injury to the first goalkeeper propelled him from the bench into becoming a record breaker.
Manor Solomon was marked as the hot prospect of Israeli football. After he already rejected an offer to play in Manchester City, Solomon scored against the English side and made another big step to his next stage.
Israel and Poland met in Jerusalem for a dead rubber Euro qualifier. The Poles won easily, and the Israelis played so poorly that one might wonder if it’s due to celebrations of qualifying to the play-off stage.
