In Tel Aviv happy after 80:90 on CSKA Moscow despite injury blows • Wichic: "Anyone who belongs to Maccabi can be proud of this performance" • Wilbkin and Black are not expected to play in the Derby • Causes: "Efforts to bring Buy soon "

• Sparopoulos celebrates victory. "Mentality of winners"

  Photography:

  Alan Shaver

"It's unbelievable what we did here," said one of the Maccabi Tel Aviv members after the 80:90 heroic event on CSKA Moscow on Thursday. "I don't remember such a performance for a long time."

After it became clear during the day that Tariq Black would not play due to his knee pain, few of the yellow club members believed it was possible to cope with the strong Russian team, and after the final whistle, the breakdown of pressure and tension could be seen.

Shai Recanati, the club's owner, embraced for a long time with head coach Janis Sparopoulos, professional manager Nicolas Wojciech breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "We have a team that is like a family. There is a special bunch of players that come every night to fight and give everything "That's why we won. Anyone who sees himself as belonging to Maccabi can be proud of this performance. It's our home and we keep it."

Sparopoulos with Simon Mizrahi. Great pressure was released at the end // Photo: Alan Shiber

"This is our biggest win of the season," coach Janis Safropoulos added with satisfaction, "he shows we can do great things later in the season. The players gave their hearts and showed their mentality - the winners' mentality."

With all due respect to the important victory, Maccabi Tel Aviv is looking at their busy schedule next week. Already on Saturday, the Yellows will meet the city rival and probably Scotty Wilbkin and Tariq Black will not be on the roster. The center will return to the game in St. Petersburg on Tuesday and the team hopes the center will also Unfit.

At the same time, despite the win, the pursuit of back-line acquisition continues following the blow, and the TAs are prepared to pay players' release clauses that Spurropolus wants, only to not repeat last season's mistake when he failed to replace Jeremy Fargo (except for Ramon Sessions. In Israel for about two weeks). "It is not easy to bring players in this situation, groups are not ready to release for money either. We are making great efforts to bring procurement in the near future, "concluded the topic of the club.