Maccabi Tel Aviv announced: A tear in the side strap for Sussman

Winner League Basket 20-21

Yuval Sussman (Itzik Belnitsky)

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game against Nahariya last night (Monday) was a sign of the fans returning to the stands. Everything was ready for the celebration, the exemplary organization, the opening of drinking stalls in the inner ring of the hall and fans who came one after the other and kept the rules of distance. The state champions were excited about the event, as well as members of the league administration, but for the Yellows, on receiving the crowd and the easy victory 63: 107, the injury to Yuval Sussman’s knee thickened.

The alarming incident for the champion took place in the first quarter, when Angelo Cloiaro tried to stop Joe Alexander’s basket and fell on the forward’s leg, who came down immediately afterwards for treatment. The yellow medical team ruled out a rupture of the cruciate ligament, but an MRI scan he later performed revealed a rupture of the lateral ligament. Maccabi Tel Aviv officially announced this and said that the recovery time will be between 4 and 6 weeks.

Back to the exciting moments in the stands. The 300 fans who came to accommodate Menorah Mivtachim gave Yannis Sapropoulos and his players a great atmosphere. It started with cheers for the team players and continued with the song “Love You” in Greek to Yannis, who went to thank the audience along with Scotty Wilbkin.

“Everyone was in good form, complimenting the yellow side on players who completed a seventh consecutive league victory. The club no longer remembers when such a team had a streak of results in the domestic league, with all recent victories ending in high margins. Regarding ability, the state champion was told that the credit for this goes to Yannis, when he also gives minutes to the youngsters, and indeed Dori Sahar finished the game with a plus-minus index of 19+ and Idan Albert with 11+.

Yannis Sapropoulos thanks the audience (Itzik Blanitzky)

Chris Jones, Who is in great shape, first commented on the game against fans after a very long time: ‘It was great, just the addition of energy coming from a place that is not the bench is something wonderful that will help us in the long run. It’s an addition to the energy that society needs, it’s a motivation to score and then to hear people who encourage you besides your teammates. ”

The ability of the champion and his in the last games in the league: ‘It’s just the energy, it’s something we fought with ourselves to produce and we just have to keep up with it in the Euroleague games as well. Personally, I’m just proud of my defense, I feel that the fact that I’m defending makes my game on offense easier and helps my teammates get into things as well. “Even when I was not playing I kept working with the coaches in charge of player development, and just learning the game, and I had more time to think, to be mentally strong and as I said I am proud of my ability.”

Maccabi Tel Aviv players celebrate (Itzik Blanitzky)