Golan happy to help

Golan delighted with late winner

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Golan happy to help

Golan: England hero

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Israel hero Omer Golan admitted he was happy to help England after his late winner against Russia.

Golan popped up in injury-time to score Israel's winner in the 2-1 victory over Russia to put England's qualifying hopes for Euro 2008 back in their own hands.

England require only a draw with Croatia on Wednesday to book their place at Austria and Switzerland and Golan was delighted to be England's and Israel's hero.

Exciting

"It was really exciting," Golan told Sky Sports News. "We wanted to do it for our fans first of all, England too, but mainly for our fans.

"We are now looking forward to the next campaign.

"It was nice to help England but the most important thing for me is I got my first competitive goal for Israel and I have been playing for four years."