Until last Thursday, Hapoel Jerusalem had a perfect balance in the Premier League, but tonight (Thursday), it has already put together a streak of two losses, after 101: 80 to Maccabi Tel Aviv, but if that is not enough, it also lost one of its stars along the way, Always blatant.
Towards the end, the guard was badly injured, groaning in pain and unable to get off the parquet on his own, so his friends evacuated him to the dressing room. By then, Blatt had already managed to step on the leg and walk on his own, and Jerusalem is very carefully estimating that the injury may not be so serious. A clearer answer will come tomorrow morning, so the player will undergo tests.
“Checking it out now, I hope it’s not serious,” he said Oded Katash, And also referred to the bad defensive play of his players. “It’s been a second game, not just today. I can say that the offense was even better than last time. But when you absorb 101 points, it’s impossible to win like that. We need to be more focused on what we want and be more coordinated, it’s my job. To show the aggression we have shown in at least many other important games. “
After the loss to Nes Ziona a week ago, Katsch commented on the third streak: “It’s worrying, defense is the basis and security of a team. It’s not easy to play against Maccabi, we talked about there being some hard shots that Scotty scores and not just him. They scored shots we could live with. But our single defense created a lot of space in their offensive rebound. We could not control it, and we responded more in defense and that is something that must be worked on. It is easy to drop everything just on energies, we played against a good team with abilities and to beat Maccabi Tel Aviv Yad Eliyahu needs a perfect game. “On both sides and we were not close to it, at least on defense.”
On Monday, Jerusalem will host Hapoel Gilboa / Galil in the quarterfinals of the State Cup, and Katsch said: “Everyone knows that this is a must play for him against a very good and very trained team. This is not a simple draw at all, probably in our situation, and we hope Tamir can recover and be with us. Without excuses, we have to come and be ready and if we want to make a good trip in the cup, like in the last two years, it must start with our defense “..
