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Sprouflus: "The turning point was already last season" Israel today

2020-03-21T17:43:24.944Z


On the occasion of his 53rd birthday, Maccabi Tel Aviv coach tells about the revolution he cooked in Yad Eliyahu • The initial change and landing in the big city of Israeli basketball


On the occasion of his 53rd birthday, Maccabi Tel Aviv coach talks about the revolution cooked by Yad Eliyahu • the initial change (the games against Bayern and Barcelona were a turning point) • the landing in the big city ("we needed a mental change"), and the offensive element ("play fast And smarter ")

  • Janis Spropoulos with his assistant. Mental change upon landing

    Photo:

    Alan Shaver

On the occasion of his 53rd birthday today, Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Janis Sparopoulos said on Wednesday night in an interview with the club's official website about his year-and-a-half change on the team's yellow lines.



"The change had stages. We saw it through games last year. The game against Bayern Munich when we won the 25th difference was a turning point. Barcelona last year when we were very high and this is the first time I saw our audience very excited. They told me we started to mention Maccabi The old, Maccabi of old. That was the second stage.



"The third stage was when we beat CSKA Moscow outside after many years and the fourth stage was when we took a championship in Israel and for two months we did not win. When we got to this season from the beginning you could see that the team was on another level, that it was built and was ready to compete at the highest level. In all the Euroleague games from the beginning when we were fighting for the playoffs and home advantage we saw that the team changed mentality, results, and we were big on a level. "

With her losses. Offensive change in the middle of last season // Photo: Alan Shaver



"Another thing for me is that we were undefeated in the Israeli league and we were four wins away from second place, so we concentrated on the Euroleague and lost two games, but I'm glad we are in first place with a two-win gap on second place and also in games we played against them we have an advantage in points."



"I wanted to make a mental change"

The Greek coach also recalls his early days with the Maccabi Tel Aviv and the goals he set to get the team back on track after tough years. " When I reached Maccabi my first goal was to make a mental change in the group. I made personal calls and meetings with all the players, listened to them and talked to them. We talked about how we are supposed to continue together and we started practicing hard.



"The second thing was to change tactical and offensive elements during training. In the attack to play faster, to play smarter, to read the game and to execute. In defense we made simple rules and tried to implement them, that was my priority first.

"Through these two directions, psychological and tactical, I tried to change the team mentality, impart winners' attitude, fight to the end and not let anything hurt our concentration because we couldn't fight to the end. That's the third element - a winning mentality."

Source: israelhayom

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