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Nations League: Israel hails vote to keep the match

The Israeli Federation has welcomed the decision of the Irish players to go ahead with their Nations League match, according to RMC Sport, L'Équipe and Le Figaro.

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The Israeli Football Federation has welcomed the decision of the Irish players to go ahead with their Nations League match. "Football has won," it reacted, according to RMC Sport and Le Figaro. L'Équipe reports similar comments: "What pleases us today is that football has won."

The Irish players voted in favour of the match taking place under special conditions, a decision welcomed by the Israeli Federation. The details of these conditions were not specified in the sources.

Sources

  1. RMC Sport"Le football a gagné": la réaction d'Israël après le vote des joueurs irlandais pour le maintien de leur match avec des conditions particulières (new window)rmcsport.bfmtv.com
  2. L’ÉquipeIsraël réagit après le vote de l'Irlande en faveur de la tenue du match de Ligue des nations : « Ce qui nous réjouit aujourd'hui, c'est que le football ait gagné » (new window)lequipe.fr
  3. Le FigaroLigue des nations : «Le football a gagné», se félicite la Fédération israélienne après la décision de l’Irlande (new window)lefigaro.fr