Levy puts faith in Levite

Israel Under-21 coach Guy Levy has named goalkeeper Ohad Levite as the new captain to lead his side out against Ukraine in the Valeriy Lobanovsky tournament in Kyiv on Tuesday.
Missing starletsLevy, whose side won the tournament last year, will be hoping for an improvement from June's UEFA European Under-21 Championship when Israel lost all three of their games. However, Levy must make do without Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC duo Rami Doani and Dani Bondarv and Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC pair Omer Peretz and Sheran Yeiny, who all took part in their club’s respective UEFA Cup second qualifying round first legs on Thursday and will play in the opening match of the league season on Monday.
Levite honourHapoel Kfar-Saba FC goalkeeper Ohad Levite, who was an unused in the Netherlands this summer, was delighted at being handed the captain's armband, saying: "It's a great honour for me to fill a role with such a lot of responsibility. I am stepping into the big shoes of two former captains Dekel Keinan and Tom Al Madon. The previous team laid the foundations for those who will follow and now we have a squad based on the youth team that narrowly missed out on promotion to the [UEFA European] Under-19 finals."
Israel squadGoalkeepers: Ohad Levite (Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC), Itamar Nitzan (Maccabi Hertzliya FC).
Defenders: Shai Maimon (Maccabi Haifa FC), Oded Elkayam (Hapoel Haifa FC), Nitzan Damari (Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC), Shimon Harush (Hapoel Haifa FC), Shai Hadad (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Shmuel Kozokin (Beitar Jerusalem FC).
Midfielders: Avi Rikan (Maccabi Hertzliya FC), Beram Kayal (Maccabi Haifa FC), Bibras Natcho (Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC), Hisham Kiwan (Hapoel Haifa FC), Lior Gan (Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC), Maor Buzaglo (Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin FC), Eran Zehavi (Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC).
Forwards: Etey Schachter (Maccabi Netanya FC), Dovev Gabay (Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC), Hen Azriel (Beitar Jerusalem FC), Moshe Ben Lulu (FC Ashdod).