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For the German-Israelin Sharon Beck from the Football Bundesliga club 1. FC Cologne, the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against the DFB selection are a very special affair.

For me this is a very special moment of my career, said the Israeli national player, which was still in the bid of the German national team at the beginning of 2018, the Frankfurter Rundschau .

The 26-year-old is very pleased to be able to deny the first game in Israel in Tel Aviv, where part of my Israeli family can be there, and then to be able to make a game in Germany, where I grew up. On Thursday (18:00 clock / Footballschau.de) the first leg rises, five days on the second leg in Essen (16:05 o clock / ARD), where Beck 15 to 20 tickets needed for your personal fan club.

The decision three and a half years ago, after missions in U-DFB teams rather to run for the home country of their father, who never regretted the Beck born in Tönisvorst on the Lower Rhine. It was an absolute matter. I know it was the completely right decision.

But she has survived more scary. A blatant experience was certainly the moment when I experienced in an EM qualifying match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in November 2019, as Tel Aviv was bombed. We had to flee to a bunker at that time, Beck reported. You do not forget that.

In the qualification group H listed by Germany (6 points), Israel lost the first game against Portugal with 0: 4. We are definitely not afraid, said Beck in front of the forefront with the DFB team: We know what a class has the German team, but most of us are pleased to compete against so well-known players.