It’s a heroic victory, proud of the players who did not give up

Winner League Basket 20-21

Moshe Barda 11/02/2021 23:29

Yannis Sapropoulos (Itzik Belnitsky)

Wow, what a game we got tonight (Thursday) at the Shlomo Team Hall in the State Cup semifinals. At the end of a great drama, Maccabi Tel Aviv came back from a 17-point deficit, forced overtime and defeated Hapoel Holon 85:87. Yellows coach, Yannis Sapropoulos, Sounds excited at the end.

“It’s a heroic victory for the players, I’m very proud of how we played and fought in the last quarter,” said Sapropoulos, “I think we had a great sacrifice and defense. Holon scored a lot of hard shots, we played with five guards and tried to change the momentum of the game. The spirit of sacrifice of the players made me very proud. “

Oz Blazer and Maccabi players in a frenzy (Itzik Blanitzky)

Did he believe his team would return from 17 points: “Obviously I believed, from the moment we used a lower lineup everything changed because at first they scored a lot from the outside because we played with two chins inside the point, we managed to tire them out afterwards, it started already in the third quarter. I think we won and that’s the most important thing. I am very proud that his players did not give up and fought until the end. “

After the crazy comeback in the semifinals, even Jonathan Cohen, the star of the sister from football, did not remain indifferent and cheered: “How many hearts.”