Only one game will take place tomorrow (Saturday, 18:20) in the Winner Basket League: Hapoel Eilat will host Hapoel Holon for a top meeting in Begin Hall, when for Holon it will be a general rehearsal for the State Cup semi-final against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday.
In the absence of flights, Holon will make the long way to Eilat by bus – and so will the way back. “Another difficult challenge lies ahead of us against a team we know well,” he said Stefanos Dadas, For which it will be the first game since the contract extension. This is an opportunity to show our character and how we react after a loss. Although we did not have too much time to prepare and rest, but I believe we have the character to give a fight to come back with a victory. “
Although Holon arrives after a loss to Nes Ziona, this time too, Maxim de Zhao will be the unregistered foreigner – a fourth game in a row. The Belgian chin, it will be recalled, is recovering from a leg injury and Holon prefer not to take unnecessary risks before the cup.
At the same time, by the way, the team is trying to raise funds that will allow the registration of five foreigners, ahead of the game against Maccabi. This is NIS 600,000 (the fine for registering five foreigners plus the waiver of the grant), a considerable amount at this stage of the season, especially during the corona season. It should be noted that the group’s fans are also very involved in this area, when they launched a financing campaign with the aim of raising NIS 300,000. So far, they have managed to collect about half of the target amount.
Eilat arrives after breaking a streak of two losses with an impressive victory over Hapoel Haifa, starring Merkel Brown. In Eilat, this week they dealt mainly with Josh Nibo, who gained increased interest from Milan, but was not eventually released after the teams did not reach agreements on compensation for allowing his contract.
This will be the first league game of the season between Eilat and Holon, who met each other twice in the Balkan league – and both times it was Holon that won. On the other hand, in the last round of the league, the Purples were defeated by Nes Ziona, against whom they also recorded a 0: 2 sweep in the Balkans.
