Moshe Barda 31/01/2021 08:43
Maccabi Tel Aviv players (Itzik Belnitsky)
Maccabi Tel Aviv will be hosted tonight (Sunday) at 21:00 at the Shlomo Group Hall at Hapoel Tel Aviv for the first derby of the 2020/21 season in the Premier League. The two teams arrive ready for a meeting that could return Yannis Sapropoulos’ players to the winning track after the losses to Fenerbahce and Hapoel Gilboa / Galil, or on the other hand, to continue the recovery campaign of the Yannis Castritis in the Premier League.
The national champion will step on the floor when, in terms of the local skeleton, she is still missing Sandy Cohen, who has only recently returned to training, as well as Omri Caspi. Meanwhile, after the postponement of the game against the Turkish Andulo Zero in the Euroleague due to the closure of the sky due to the corona plague and the tightening of the third closure, Maccabi Tel Aviv is waiting for a decision regarding the next game against Moscow Khimki, which is waiting to see
Yannis Sapropoulos Told ahead of the game: “The derby is always a derby and we should be prepared to react after the loss in our last game, there is no doubt that this game will be completely different from the last time we played against them in the cup, we are aware of that and I expect all players to be 40 minutes focused and ready to play hard. “.
On the other hand, Hapoel Tel Aviv achieved its last victory over the Yellows in the playoffs of the Corona season at home, and unlike the playoffs of the Corona League where they presented a particularly aggressive defense, this season in the Premier League was the attack with an emphasis on outside shooting that made the difference.
Coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Yannis castritis, Said ahead of the game: “Although the games are held without a crowd there are hundreds of thousands of Hapoel fans who will watch the game. We are healthy, come after a win and want to keep getting better and win. We do not have time to relax even after an important win like we achieved in the last game.”
