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New boys sparkle for Israel

June 3, 2013 09:40

By

Danny Caro,

Danny Caro

1 min read

Second-half strikes from Hen Ezra scored and Shimon Abu Hazeira earned Israel a 2-0 victory in a friendly international against Honduras in New York.

Ezra opened the scoring at the Citi Field after 52 minutes, beating two defenders before lifting a shot over goalkeeper Noel Valladares.

A team including several fringe players saw Abu Hazeira seal the win 14 minutes from time when he collected a pass from Ezra before deftly lofting the ball over Valladares.

Israel boss Eli Guttman said the "win will be important ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan on September 6".

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