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Oded Katash: "We are not reaching Athens at our peak, but we already knew how to function as an underdog" - Walla! sport

2020-09-25T05:26:37.097Z


Hapoel Jerusalem will advance to the Final Eight of the Champions League on Sunday, after Tyson Thomas was also injured in the victory over Hapoel Eilat. "He was injured in the teeth, back and Achilles during one, I have not seen anything like this," the coach said. Tamir Blatt: "Basketball has finally returned, and it is disappointing to hear that they are stopping again"


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Oded Katash: "We are not reaching Athens at our peak, but we already knew how to function as an underdog"

Hapoel Jerusalem will advance to the Final Eight of the Champions League on Sunday, after Tyson Thomas was also injured in the victory over Hapoel Eilat.

"He was injured in the teeth, back and Achilles during one, I have not seen anything like this," the coach said.

Tamir Blatt: "Basketball has finally returned, and it is disappointing to hear that they are stopping again"

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Friday, 25 September 2020, 07:27

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As if the troubles that have befallen Hapoel Jerusalem in the last two weeks have not been enough, then last night (Thursday) in an 80:93 victory over Hapoel Eilat in the quarterfinals of the Winner's Cup, she saw Tyson Thomas injured in a disturbing way.

The club believe he will be fit for the Final Eight on Wednesday in Athens, but coach Oded Katesh has stepped up to describe it from his point of view.



"I have never seen such a thing before," Katsch said.

"He broke his teeth, opened his back and hit Achilles in the same move. I hope it is not serious. We did not want to endanger him, and did not let him play in the second half. If his injury is not serious, and he can return quickly to training, then we came out relatively well from this game. "We had a good few minutes, when we played in the teams we are used to."

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His double-double is encouraging ahead of the tournament in Greece.

Tamir Blatt (Photo: Yossi Tzipkis)

Regarding the Champions League final, which the team will go to on Sunday to land in Greece before Yom Kippur, the coach added: "I can not say that we are reaching our peak. Even after the summer, and given that other teams started training a month before and have already played league games, it is clear "They are ahead of us and have an advantage. It does not put us in a position of favorites, but it is a place we have been to before and we knew how to function in it."



When the Reds arrive in Athens, they will be joined by new and temporary acquisition Nikos Papas, who will be able to train with his teammates only four times before the quarter-finals against San Pablo Burgos.

"We have a few days to get him involved as much as possible so he can give us significant minutes. The situation with Chris Kramer is still unclear. He did not come in the shape we expected, so we decided not to list him or risk him."

As if the last troubles were not enough.

Tyson Thomas before the injury (Photo: Yossi Tzipkis)

The one who excelled against Eilat, and will have a significant and significant part in the sparse coordinators' situation in Europe as well, is Tamir Blatt (15 points and 11 assists, on the way to an index of 27).

"We are forming as a group," Blatt said.

"We lost Jacoben Brown and it's hard, and I hope Tyson will be fine. Basketball is finally back, and it's a little disappointing and annoying to hear that we're stopping again. We need to be focused, and our head is in Athens."



In light of the format change for the upcoming season in the shadow of the Corona epidemic, the Champions League has announced a re-assignment to the home stage.

The games will be held between October and January, with a two-week difference between rounds, to allow teams that will have contagion cases to recover and hold postponed games.



* Jerusalem will play in the 7th house with Limoges, Turk Telecom Ankara and the winner between the Portuguese Sporting and the Bosnian Igoka, who will meet tonight in the finals of the qualifying tournament.



* Hapoel Holon will appear in the third house against AEK Athens, Shula and Tzmuki Minsk, who advanced from last night's qualifiers.



Participated in the preparation of the article: Ohad Schwerman

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