Israel under-20 football team reaches World Cup semi-finals before attack

Ido Rakovsky compares covering Israel's under-20 football team to reporting on science fiction rather than sport. Israel's senior team has qualified for the World Cup just once, but the under-20 squad defeated Brazil in the quarter-finals of their tournament. At the final whistle, the television commentator vowed that viewers would tell their children and grandchildren about that night. Five days later, the semi-final match against Uruguay became the most-watched evening programme on Israeli television, capturing a 23 percent viewing share.