🔻Ido Rakovski says the coverage of the incident was “more like a report about a science-fiction story than football.”

🔻Ido Rakovski says the coverage of the incident was “more like a report about a science-fiction story than football.”

Israel, whose senior team has qualified for the World Cup only once, had managed to defeat Brazil in the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup.

At the final whistle, the Israeli TV commentator covering the match said: “You will tell this night to your children, and they will tell it to your grandchildren too.”

Many people heard that remark.

Five days later, the semifinal match of this team against Uruguay was the most-watched program that night on Israeli television, accounting for a 23% share of viewers.

Politicians lined up to congratulate the team.

The incident took place in June 2023 (Khordad 1402).