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Oded Katash: "The feeling is difficult. I wanted to finish differently, I ask the players to win for me"
The coach was upset after the loss in his farewell game from Jerusalem, which complicated it in the aliyah struggle: "I will miss, the fan songs are playing in my head"
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Oded Katash
Hapoel Jerusalem
Ahrela Weisberg
Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 11:31 p.m.
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Oded Katash was very upset tonight (Wednesday), at the end of Hapoel Jerusalem's home loss 78:77 to Turk Telecom Ankara.
The coach wanted to say goodbye to his team for the last three years with a victory that would guarantee her a ticket to the next stage of the Champions League, and was on the safe path there, but came down from the floor for the last time in great frustration.
"The feeling is hard," he admitted.
"It's a very hard loss, in a game that was important to the club. We wanted to finish in a different way and with a different feeling. We had a really good chance to secure promotion, and I felt we controlled the game, but we couldn't 'kill' it. We lost confidence, the pressure affected us and we sinned lightly. For the players in the locker room who will win in Limoges for me as well, and I very much hope that they will do their best and succeed in stepping up.
Farewell with a sour taste.
Oded Katash (Photo: Danny Maron) (Photo: Danny Maron)
Katsch, who will fly tomorrow with his new-old assistant Lior Lubin to Athens and join Panathinaikos, concluded his three years in Jerusalem, which ended with two wins in the state cup.
"I'm finishing a long time here, and it would have been much easier for me to sum up if we had won. I really feel privileged to be here. I got a big hug from the management, the players and the fans, who also last week support and understand. It was not an easy week After some deliberation, I took it with a split heart.
"I will miss the people the most.
We talked about the audience and the experiences we had here.
The songs from these special evenings still play in my head.
I came to work every day, and I felt the belonging, the love and the support.
Just like family.
"I want to say thank you for three exciting years. We have built something whole in the last two and a half years, much bigger than the sum of the parts, and since the Corona things have become much harder, both because of the lack of crowd and because of the connection between the players. I am very proud, and will always feel part of family "Hapoel Jerusalem. In relation to our dimensions, we have built a connected team, but I have no doubt that the continuation will be the same, thanks to the way the club is run."
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Nadovic and Panathinaikos are waiting for Katsch (Photo: Danny Maron)
On his new way in Pao, the coach said: "I quite understand where I am going. I know the team, the country, the city and the crowd, and I feel more prepared than ever for this challenge. It takes a bit of luck for things to go your way, but I feel I have the The tools to deal with many situations, much thanks to what I learned and experienced here at Hapoel Jerusalem. "
Katsch's new team defeated Willerban in the Euroleague tonight, and he will make his green debut - this time on the lines - on Friday in Istanbul against Fenerbahce.
"My relationship with Panathinaikos may have played a part in the opportunity I was given. I would have preferred things to happen neatly, in the summer, and then I should not have made this step that was not easy for me, but I realized it was a situation that might not come back. I look at it more at the challenge level. We need to bring results. "
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