Last summer, she was shocked when she finished eighth at the China World Championships and tonight with the support of 13,000 viewers she is waiting for the cut
Polish players are celebrating in Mondovasket, this past summer
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The Israeli national team will meet the Polish national team this evening after it recorded one of the biggest highs in its history. Almost 50 years have passed since its great days, then finished third in the European Championships and fifth in the World Championships. Last summer, she was shocked when she finished eighth in the World Cup in China.
On the other hand, Israel will play against a weakened edition of the Polish national team. She will appear for the opening game of the campaign without her two icons and anchors, the ones that led her to the greatest achievement in the World Championships - Mathias Ponitka and Adam Wachinski. For the Polish media, too, it is a big question mark without them. Punitka was injured, and even if he was healthy, it was doubtful he would have played. The reason: Euroleague Zenit St. Petersburg's play in Euroleague. And what about Waczynski, you ask? He is in conflict with the heads of the Polish union.
The two are the main point suppliers of the Poles, and do so more than 40% outside the three-arc. The current Poland will look for those who lead and lead it in their place and those who will expose the large amount of points that they will probably miss.
Taylor. Particularly interesting figure // Photo: from Twitter
The baton is expected to go to EJ Slaughter. The naturalizer, a player of the Spanish Betis, has been serving the team since 2015, but has so far played the third violin, after the two stars of course. In this release, his responsibilities will be greater - in leadership, point scoring and in game management help, where the Poles have one very veteran coordinator (36-year-old Lukash Kushark) and a very young coordinator (20-year-old Lukash Kolanda). Poland also has the same image in the chin position - one very talented but inexperienced (19-year-old Alexander Belcherowski of Gran Canaria), the other already past its peak (35-year-old Adam Chrychnyuk).
In the absence of the stars, other players who will need to be dominant are experienced forward / center Damien Kulig, forward Thomas Gailo of Tenerife, and scorer Michael Sokolowski, who played in Wloclawek uniforms against Hapoel Jerusalem in the Champions League. Local media are confident that forward Jaroslav Zyskowski, who will make his debut at the age of 27, will be credited for his good season with his team, Gillona Gora.
Leading the Polish team since 2014 US coach Mike Taylor. In the 2015 European Championship, he reached the eighth finals (lost to Israel in the early stage), two years later, also in Eurobasket, his team did not pass the preliminary stage. Last summer, he was surprised by the giant and won all the compliments. Like Oded Ketch, Taylor also coaches a team at the same time, the German Hamburg. Which of the two came out with his hand on top?