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Guy Goodes: "Want to open with the right foot, we will play the same method" | Israel today

2021-11-22T16:52:45.879Z


Coach of the team ahead of the opening match of the World Cup qualifier against Poland on Thursday: "The World Championship is a supreme goal, a great challenge" • On the differences in Oded Katash's style: Excited to meet the audience after a long time "


The Israeli team will open the 2023 World Cup qualifying campaign on Thursday in a home game against Poland at the Shlomo Team Hall, and tonight (Monday) the team held a press conference with the participation of coach Guy Goodes and captain Gal Makal.

"We're excited, I went through a lot of things in basketball but it's a different excitement, to meet with the team, the team and the players," Goodes said.

"We are entering a very big and important challenge here, with all that entails. This is the first window and we want to start the campaign on the right foot. We are happy that the hall will be full, there will be a crowd and a good atmosphere and that is important. I spoke with the players and the desire to contribute "Because I was a national team player too and it's fun to watch it, for me it's worth everything."

"The world championship is a supreme goal for us, it is a big challenge. We have the first house we will have to get out of in the highest position, it is a procedure. The whole world is playing so it is important for us to concentrate only on the next window which is Poland and Estonia. "Then we will have time to get organized in the direction of the February window. Looking too far is not right."

"Regarding the back line, we have excellent coordinators, the only one who will be missing is Tamir Blatt. Jake Cohen and Yiftach Ziv will come to the first game, Sorkin and Dibertolomeo will come to the second game and that is great for us. We will continue with the team's style from previous campaigns, "Broken. There are players here who play together for a long time and that is important and a big advantage. We will refine here and there, but it will be the same method."

"The format exists and there is nothing to do, the clash between two factories exists and it will not change soon. Every team brings who it can bring and not who it does not, we have nothing to do with it. Clearly on paper the fact that we get Euroleague players gives us more quality players In the staff, but we need to translate that into the field, and the more quality staff we have, the more we can achieve. "

Gal Makal added:

"It's fun to return, we play for moments like this, the team is something different and fun for us to get here. In recent years we have connected and crystallized and everyone knows we enjoy being together in every meeting and window. We are excited to meet the crowd after a long time. This campaign. "

"Every game is critical, you carry the victories from the first stage and we want to rise first but there is no difference between winning the first stage and the second stage so every game is important. You have to concentrate first in Poland, Estonia and only then think further. I feel we are in place. "Maturity, that we want to do something big and it starts now in the World Cup qualifiers and it will also continue in the summer at the European Championships, we are mature."

"Most of the guys have tasted the team in the previous windows, even if except. Obviously there are players whose role can be bigger than before. We are a cohesive bunch and support each other, we learned each other's advantage and understood what each brings and how we give up the ego. Now a lot more than in the past there are a lot of players who play abroad at a high level and that's a big bonus for the team. "

"Playing in front of family and friends is something I miss, the warmth and love is something I have been fighting for a lot in recent years. Playing for the team is one of the most fun things at this stage in my career."

Source: israelhayom

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