1-4: Gudmundsson brings Iceland closer to the European Championship

A hat trick by Genoa player Albert Gudmundsson brought Iceland closer to the Euro Cup, winning (1-4) at the Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Budapest against an Israeli team that played twenty minutes with fewer players and wasted a penalty, They took Zahavi, which will put him in the fight to reach the continental tournament.

Age Hareide’s side are one step away from playing in their first European Championship since reaching the quarterfinals in 2016. They face Ukraine on Sunday, who they won in Bosnia.

Israel once again came close to playing, for the first time in its history, the final stage of a European Championship, but a superior opponent turned the match inside two minutes and denied Alon Hazan’s team the first advantage .

Israel took the lead after half an hour. A foul inside the area by Arnor Traustason was awarded a penalty. It was performed by Eran Zahavi, who did not disappoint.

But Iceland is superior. He stepped up before the break and within two minutes, from 40 to 42, he leveled the game with Gudmundsson leading the way, achieving the equalizer first with a direct free kick that was impossible for Omri Glazer and then Arnor Traustason, in with a volley from the penalty spot after the rebound, put the visitors ahead.

Israel were left with ten players in the 73rd minute as Roy Revivo received a second yellow card. However, he was able to tie up and change the situation. Also a punishment. But Eran Zahavi shot wide from eleven meters.

Alon Hazan’s team could not overcome another blow and Iceland took advantage to round out their qualification for the play-off final. Gudmundsson, in the 83rd minute, scored the third, the second himself, by completing an individual action that ended with the ball in the back of the net for Omri Glazer’s goal.

And in the 87th minute he beat Israel for the fourth time by taking advantage of a rebound in the area.