Maccabi Tel Aviv players were found negative for Corona Vituso in peace for the away game against Fenerbahce, except for Caspi who still suffers from a stomach virus • Sapropoulos spoke about the risk
Sapropoulos and Maccabi Tel Aviv players. "Playing under unusual conditions"
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Alan Shiver
Maccabi Tel Aviv held a press conference today (Monday) before the trip to Istanbul for the game against Fenerbahce (Tuesday, 20:00).
Even before the trip, the Yellows received good news when all the players, members of the professional team, also came out negative in the additional corona test they conducted last night, and therefore the entire team will be allowed to board the plane.
"We are in the middle of an epidemic and everything is different," said Yannis Sapropoulos. "Of course we are happy with basketball and when we win, but we are at risk every day. When we heard that one of the Real Madrid players got sick we started thinking about who kept him. "In general, we play in unusual conditions, without fans and without everything we know."
"However," the Greek coach continued, "when we step on the floor everything is possible to win. Fener is playing the best basketball in the Euroleague right now. They have players who were in the Final Four and won the Euroleague. It took them a while to get used to the new coach's philosophy. More".
Sapropolos was also asked about the signing of TJ Klein and replied: "This is a step forward for him. He is another player who will help us in the Israeli league, but I will give him opportunities in the Euroleague as well. It will take him time to adjust to philosophy, style and requirements. Potential to be important in the Euroleague as well. "
Meanwhile, Omri Caspi still suffers from a stomach virus that caused him to miss the game against Real Madrid and also prevented him from signing the squad for the game against Hapoel Gilboa / Galil (which ultimately did not take place), and will not fly with the team to Turkey.