Great satisfaction with union and national team after 63: 87 on Romania: "Only one window and we have a foot and a half in the European Championship" • And also: Jake Cohen again attacked the Nationals Law, Abadia's insistence to practice and why Sea Madar did not play

• Cohen with Blatt. Bite the Naturalization Act

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  Jake Cohen

1. "We have a big mark, in fact we are already one and a half feet in the European Championship and only one window passed," they said yesterday in the basketball association after the 63: 87 of the Israeli national team on Romania and the promotion to first place in the first qualifying championship Europe with two wins in two games.

In recent days, the team and the union have not concealed the aspirations and expectations of the current faculty. After a foreign victory in Poland ("In Israel as in Israel, we did what we did there, but it was a big victory, the Poles defeated the Spaniards") and a relatively easy victory over Romania while big teams like Spain, Slovenia, Lithuania and Serbia lost to inferior teams, the declarations even rose "This team can do something special," said Segev, "I know the players here and I am convinced that we will do nice things for many years to come."

2. Jake Cohen, who was once again one of the outstanding, took the stage he was given to reiterate his opposition to the citizenship law: "The new laws against us are bad, I ask you to write it," he told reporters at the end of the game. In his Twitter account, a Maccabi Tel Aviv actor wrote: "Home-grown or not home-grown, great win as a team tonight."

3. And of course it is impossible without Dani Abdiya. The young forward was not on the roster of the national team in Poland as he stayed with teams in the Euroleague game in Valencia (and stood out as well, of course). For the match against the Romanians, he came with a great people, finished as the leading scorer and also with the most index points, probably in his last match in the national team until the European Championships next summer.

"Absolutely sweet taste," said Abadia after the game, "should be given credit to all the players for the fighting and the team that prepared us properly, even though I and Jake weren't constantly. We did a great job and we have a great future. The greatest honor for an Israeli player and I will do my best to help when I need to. "

Coach Oded Ketch also complimented: "It is a pleasure to be around him, he brings good energy. He had a load but his desire to play, his passion and the desire to learn and move forward, along with his suite of skills - it is a great pleasure and he is magic."

During the two training sessions last week, the Maccabi Tel Aviv team asked the team to slightly restrict Cohen's and her losses in training due to the rush, as the two also trained with their team that day. Cohen did rest part of the training, but Abadia insisted he wanted to continue training and completed the training with his friends.

4. Madar did not share even one minute in both games, but Ketch tried to calm down: "The sea will have a lot more games and his contribution to the team will be tremendous. It was important to us that in this window he be a part and in the next windows I have no doubt that he will get more and help the team."