Maccabi Bnei Raina, an Israeli soccer team that only plays in Liga Leumit, the Israeli football league's second division, tied with Atalanta BC in a training match, N12 reported.
Atalanta plays in Italy's top league alongside worldwide famous clubs such as Juventus.
The match, which took place on Sunday, ended with each team scoring a goal.
#Atalanta Maccabi Bnei Raina 1-1⚽️ #Colley Match report https://t.co/NJgyOu8pB6#GoAtalantaGo ⚫️ pic.twitter.com/f6fHZFOsh1
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) July 18, 2021
Atalanta held possession of the ball for most of the match. The team in recent years has become a prominent member of the Italian league as well as the European Champions League.
This was not supposed to be the only one of a few moments where an Israeli team would have played a game against a well-known European team. FC Barcelona was originally supposed to play against Beitar Jerusalem in August, but the Israeli team canceled the match after Barcelona asked for the match to be played outside Jerusalem. In addition, this month had many Israelis watching the game between England and Italy to see who would win the Euro 2020 final. Avi Grant and Khaled Abu Toameh contributed to this report.