Israel 0 - 0 England

Israel held England to a nil-all draw overnight in the Euro 2008 championship qualifying game.

For those not in the know, this is the premier European international soccer / football competition that happens every four years.

Reaction to the result was of frustration from the English fans:

It was hardly surprising that some of the 4,000 England fans in the stadium chanted 'What a load of rubbish' in the closing stages of the bore draw.

England's coach wasn't too impressed either:

"Disappointed, frustrated," McClaren said. "To dominate the game like that, to have the chances that we did and not to score, it's disappointing and not good enough. We should have won that game."

The result leaves Israel in fourth place in Group E's qualifying table:

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Croatia	5	4	1	0	15	4	11	13
2	Russia	5	3	2	0	7	1	6	11
3	England	5	2	2	1	6	2	4	8
4	Israel	5	2	2	1	9	6	3	8
5	FYR Macedonia	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	7
6	Estonia	4	0	0	4	0	6	-6	0
7	Andorra	4	0	0	4	1	19	-18	0

Only the first two teams go through to the Euro 2008 championship finals.

Israel is yet to play FYR Macedonia, Estonia and Andorra so could pick up nine points to finish on 17.

For Israel to qualify, that would require Russia to do worse than two wins and a loss in its remaining games, and England to not win its three remaining games.

Possible. With a bit of help from above.