Extracted from BBC
Sport:
Yossi Benayoun will miss Israel's Euro 2008 qualifier with Russia
on 17 November, dealing England's hopes of reaching the finals a
major blow.
England need Israel to at least draw in Tel Aviv if they are to
stand a chance of finishing second in Group E and Benayoun is the
Israelis' key player.
The Israel captain was injured in Liverpool's 2-0 win over
Fulham.
And the midfielder has been ruled out for three weeks after a scan
on Sunday revealed an adductor tear.
Benayoun, who had already cancelled his flight to join up with his
international team-mates, was one of only two players in Israel's
squad to play in the Premier League.
The other is Chelsea defender Tal Ben Haim, while QPR striker Ben
Sahar is also in the squad, which includes Argentine-born Borussia
Moenchengladbach striker Roberto Colautti, who has recovered from
injury.
Liverpool star Benayoun, 27, has an impressive international
goalscoring record, having scored 13 goals in 53 games.
If England fail to qualify for the finals it will be the first time
they have missed out on a major tournament since the 1994 World
Cup.
Israel squad to face Russia:
Goalkeepers: Dudu Aouate (Deportivo Coruna), Nir Davidovich
(Maccabi Haifa), Liran Strauber (Maccabi Netanya).
Defenders: Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea), Shimon Gershon (Beitar
Jerusalem), Yoav Ziv (Beitar Jerusalem), Dekel Keinan (Maccabi
Haifa), Eyal Meshumar (Maccabi Haifa), Avi Strul (Maccabi Netanya),
Dedi Ben Dayan (Maccabi Netanya), Yuval Shpungin (Maccabi Tel
Aviv).
Midfielders: Gal Alberman (Beitar Jerusalem), Aviram Baruchyan
(Beitar Jerusalem), Tamir Cohen (Maccabi Netanya), Moshe Ohayon
(Winterthur), Maor Buzaglo (Bnei Sakhnin), Ravid Gazal (Maccabi Tel
Aviv).
Strikers: Roberto Colautti (Borussia Monchengladbach), Ben Sahar
(Queens Park Rangers), Elyaniv Barda (Genk), Omer Golan (Maccabi
Petah Tikva), Barak Yitzhaki (Beitar Jerusalem), Amit Ben Shushan
(Beitar Jerusalem).
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who care bout eng c0ck? do u think liverpool performance will be
affect since benayoun is sidelined for 3 weeks?