Eran Zahavi proved to be worth gold for Israel on Wednesday evening. The PSV striker personally ensured that his country came back from a 2-0 deficit against Slovakia, by making a flawless hat-trick: 2-3. Zahavi’s third goal was especially beautiful: the 33-year-old attacker shot the ball hard into the corner from outside the box. In Slovakia, Feyenoord striker Róbert Bozeník was also in the base.

The Israelis, just like their opponent Slovakia, had not yet won in their group in the B category of the Nations League. The home team took the lead after fifteen minutes, when Marek Hamsik surprised goalkeeper Ofir Marciano with a free kick from a great distance. The ball was close to the touchline, so the keeper probably counted on a cross, but Hamsik surprisingly shot the ball on goal and scored in the short corner: 1-0. Just before half time, Robert Mak was released for Marciano, after which the left winger set the half time score at 2-0.

Israel did not give up and came back fully into the game on the basis of Zahavi. First, the striker hired by PSV headed in the connection goal from a corner kick by Manor Solomon: 2-1. Fifteen minutes before the end, Zahavi reacted alertly to a low cross from Eyal Golasa, which he promoted to a goal with a quick foot movement: 2-2. The best goal of the evening was yet to come for Zahavi. The routine received the ball in the 89th minute in the vicinity of the sixteen-meter area of ​​Slovakia and took a devastating shot from about eighteen meters: 2-3.