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Jake Cohen: "Our secret is team basketball."
Oded Katash: "We need to continue the process"
The team continues preparations for Romania (Friday, 18:30, 5+), the national coach complimented Noam Dovrat who is expected to make her debut: "Does not feel like 18 years old"
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Thursday, February 18, 2021, 5:15 p.m.
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Game for protocol.
The players of the team in training today (Photo: Official website, Basketball Association)
After qualifying for EuroBasket 2022 a little over two months ago, the Israeli team will continue its journey in the qualifying tournament tomorrow (Friday, 18:30, live on 5PLUS) when it meets the Romanian team in a bubble held in Gilwice, Poland.
The team wants to finish in the first place of the qualifiers and in order to do so it must beat Romania or Spain, or alternatively hope that Spain, which has also already qualified for the championship, will lose to Poland.
Romania, who have lost all their games so far, need a victory over Israel, and in parallel with Poland's loss to Spain, in order to maintain a last chance to make a splash, but the chances of the Romanians being in the next Eurobasket are slim.
Following a blow of injuries and illnesses, Israel appears in a different squad with half of the squad players having a particularly short international experience.
Noam Dovrat and Spencer Weiss will make their national debut, Roman Sorkin and Ben Carter the second appearance, TJ Klein the third and Yam Madar the fifth, when in the first two he did not hit the field.
The second half is more experienced - captain Guy Pnini (157 appearances) alongside Jake Cohen (23 appearances), the three leading Israeli players of the team in recent years Rafi Manko (24 appearances), Tomer Ginat (18 appearances) and Tamir Blatt (16 appearances) And Ziv (14 appearances) will open a significant role in this window.
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Spencer Weiss (Photo: Official Website, Basketball Association)
The one who may make his final appearance in the Israeli team in the next window is coach Oded Katash.
After being appointed coach of Panathinaikos, Katsch has pledged to reach the next window, but the fact that the World Cup qualifiers will be held next season, and that there is no agreement between the Euroleague and Fiba, he is expected to end his career in October. "We're a bit lacking in a staff that a wave that is anchored for us is not found but we have young devices that I very much trust," said the coach.
Even at home against the Romans it was not an easy game, they are a young and talented team, in two years they will be stronger.
They should always be respected, they lack a dominant player but it will give their youngsters a chance to prove themselves. "On Noam Dovrat, Katsch said:" He will have many more good years in the team, from the little I got to coach him he does not feel like 18, his maturity and understanding And the way he plays basketball is a mature way. "
Jake Cohen added:" We already have it and we can use these games to get better and of course want to win.
Our secret is always team basketball and my favorite part of the team is that everyone is close to each other.
Without Zalmanson it would be different but for that we have a good and broad staff.
There are a lot of young people here and we as veterans have more responsibility, trying to show how things are done and throwing important comments.
The Romanians have talent, we saw their video today, we must be focused and do our job. "
Israel has a great balance against the Romanian team and they won it in 14 of the 18 meetings between them, including nine wins from 12 official games. The last time Romania is Defeated Israel in an official match was in May 1986 in the second tier of Europe.
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