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The blue-and-white doubled their advantage ten minutes later when Eran Zahavi scored his campaign leading 11th goal by putting home a Dabbur rebound. But Latvia scored a shock goal in the 40th minute when Israel\u2019s defense was turned inside out by Vladimirs Kamess to pull to with one goal, 2-1. However, the advantage was short lived when Dabbur scored his second goal of the game chipping the ball over a helpless Pavels Steinbors for a 3-1 lead at the break which held up after 90 minutes of play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel easily disposed of Latvia 3-1 in UEFA 2020 European Championship Qualifying as Monas Dabbur picked up a first half brace while Eran Zahavi added his 11th goal of the campaign. 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