Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game publication despatched straight to your inbox without spending a dimeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly publication Israel should not involved about having to play their “home” European Championship playoff match towards Iceland in Hungary and are absolutely targeted on the game, not how a lot help they are going to have in the stadium, manager Alon Hazan mentioned.Hazan’s aspect have enjoying their residence matches in a impartial nation for safety causes amid Israel’s ongoing struggle with Hamas, with their playoff against Iceland on Thursday happening in Budapest’s Szusza Ferenc Stadion.“We would love to play in front of our supporters in our country in this kind of situation, but we know what happened and we cannot host the game in Israel,” Hazan informed reporters.“So we’re focused only (about the game) here, we don’t care how many people will come to support, we would like as much as possible, but we’re focused only on football.”Hazan additionally addressed feedback reportedly made earlier this week by his Iceland counterpart Age Hareide on being hesitant to play Israel due to the civilian dying toll in Gaza.Hareide mentioned his feedback had been misunderstood.“I don’t care if he said that before and now he has some sympathy for us,” Hazan added.Israel or Iceland will face Bosnia or Ukraine for a spot in the Euro 2024 group phases in Germany, which begins on June 14.Reuters