The State of Israel has closed Ben Gurion Airport and the schedule of Maccabi Tel Aviv is changing once again. The Yellows announced today (Monday) that the Euroleague game against Moscow Khimki, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday at Yad Eliyahu, has been postponed to an unknown date.
“Unfortunately, Moscow Khimki as well as the team of referees can not arrive this week on a private flight to Israel, which will lead to the postponement of the game,” the club’s announcement explained. “We all hope that this is the last game that will be postponed and we will be able to return and host the home games, as it was before the air closure.”
As you may recall, another Maccabi Tel Aviv game was postponed – against Andulo in Yad Eliyahu – from last Thursday for an unknown reason due to the same reason.
And on another issue: last night (Sunday), Maccabi Tel Aviv did not have much trouble beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 69:85 last night (Sunday), and already in the half it was clear that the derby was going to be painted, again, yellow. The champion had a very high level of satisfaction, and was happy to return to the winning track, especially after the loss to Gilboa.
“We didn’t want to lose twice in a row,” he said Scotty Wilbkin At the end. “The big problem with the loss to Gilboa was that we were tired and the game was early, and on the other hand, I’m sure they’ve been waiting for the game since the start of the season, they celebrated at the end as if they had won the championship. “And concentrate. Everything worked today, we did not have unnecessary losses and neutralized their strong points in the attack.”
Coach Yannis Sapropoulos Was of course pleased with the ability of his players (“If I wanted to win by the highest margin I would not let the youngsters play”) but admitted that he is very concerned about the uncertainty for the rest of the week: “This is another opportunity to remind you again what I tell you all the time – this year “Strange, we don’t know if Himki will arrive or not, it could be that we will have three games in five days instead and that is very difficult.”
“We do not know which game will be and which will not,” the Greek continued. “So our job is not easy, it is impossible to prepare for the opponent. Circumstances and alternatives after the corona in many parts of the aspect of the game, the corona affects all teams not only us in many different cases and situations we need to find solutions and continue, solutions .