Hapoel Jerusalem Center suffers an injury and will return to training only on Sunday • Adam Ariel's condition is also unclear • Jacoben Brown will not return next month • Tamir Blatt after 77:90 on Hapoel B'Shlosha: "The situation is not simple"
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"We need everyone with us"
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Liron Moldovan
Hapoel Jerusalem defeated Hapoel B'Shlosha yesterday (Thursday) 77:90 in the last trial of tools before the start of the European season next week against Turk Telecom in Ankara.
The group is aware that the ability is still unsatisfactory, but tries to calm down.
"In the last two years we have had a team that played almost perfectly so anything that looks a little different feels bad," the club say, "but this team also has the potential to do beautiful things and as time goes on we will see a good and strong team here."
One of the things that worries Hapoel Jerusalem's people the most is the physical condition of the players.
The short preparation and the fact that they had to reach the top right from the start because of their participation in the Final 8 of the Champions League may have caused some health problems.
Yesterday, Idan Zalmanson (a small tear in the muscle) and Adam Ariel were absent.
The team very much hopes that the two will be fit until the game in Turkey, but there is a great deal of doubt about the participation of Zalmanson, who will return to practice only at the beginning of the week, when Ariel's condition is not clear at all.
Jacoben Brown will not return to play at least until the end of November, and it is estimated that in just a few weeks it will become clear whether the decision to give up surgery on the injured shoulder and go for a different treatment has paid off.
Jerusalem hopes to return to play in December at the latest.
Tamir Blatt said after the game: "Not easy. We need to stay healthy. I hope the injured come back quickly so we can stay aggressive the whole game, we need everyone with us."
