After the "catastrophe": Maccabi Tel Aviv is debating how to carry out a shock

The Yellows' heads are expected to continue talks about the changes, with the option to replace Sapropoulos also problematic technically, although the club is beginning to despair.

Difficulties also in bringing reinforcement to the staff.

Jake Cohen after the loss in the derby: "It's bullshit, we have to win games"

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27/12/2021

Monday, 27 December 2021, 07:19

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The collapse of Maccabi Tel Aviv does not stop. The Yellows recorded last night (Sunday) their fourth league loss since the beginning of the season, when they were defeated in a derby by Yad Eliyahu 83:82 against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Sapropoulos' team finished the first round in third place with a balance of seven wins and four losses, two wins away from its next rival in the league, Hapoel Jerusalem.

The loss caught Maccabi Tel Aviv's tight system in a bad time. While the team is looking for a Euroleague victory that will stop the severe crisis in the European plant, and at the same time is looking in the market for a suitable player to strengthen in the middle of the season, more oil is added to the fire by losing to the city rival.

One by one, Maccabi members went down to the locker room area at the end of the game, including members of the management, some of whom went in to perform corona tests ahead of Tuesday's trip to Monaco. Most of them left the hall after midnight and a half, with many of them having personal conversations within the locker room area, even among members of the professional staff.

According to various sources in the group's management, the status of Yannis Sapropoulos is no longer on the agenda, despite what appears to be a collapse.

Maccabi decided a week ago, after the loss to Anadolu, that only a catastrophe would lead to a possible shock in the coach's position, and a number of people at Maccabi agreed that "a loss in a derby is a catastrophe."

And despite the desire to keep the Greek, the team is already starting to despair of the situation.

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Sapropolus last night at Yad Eliyahu (Photo: Danny Maron)

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Apart from the situation in the coaching market, and the fact that the team did not point to an agreed-upon coach who could replace the Greek without getting stuck with him next summer as well, there are technical issues. The fact that his assistant, Vasilis Yargotlis, comes with him in a package deal makes the possibility of an exchange more difficult, as there is no one to pass a game if the two go. Also, the arrival of a foreign coach involves several days of isolation, and with the Yellows' game schedule, which includes a game every three to four days, such a procedure would leave the team without a coach and without proper preparation for two to three games.

The management of the team is increasing the pressure to sign a player who will help relieve the pressure from the players, the team and also try and give the audience some peace. However, Maccabi have said in recent days that almost every player name offered to them, signed on the same day in the NBA team on a ten-day contract.

"We want to add players, the market is too hard and closed because of the NBA and the Corona there, which causes the teams to give temporary contracts to players. There are not many free players, it's hard to find a good player to bring, not want to bring players just to bring them, but we are in the market , Yannis Sapropoulos admitted yesterday.

The team does not want to start an "air train" of players, also in light of the fact that a foreigner who joins now will not be registered for the league games, as the Yellows have already registered eight players and each additional registration necessarily means another player will be removed from the squad.

On the other hand, the desire of the management is to bring in a player who will give other options than what currently exists in the team.

And the other problematic element is money - Maccabi will not be in a hurry to pay large buyout sums for players, certainly not at such a stage of the season.

Another game fell, another scorching loss.

Wilbkin and Reynolds disappointed (Photo: Danny Maron)

Back to the derby. After a fickle first half, Maccabi Tel Aviv opened the third quarter with a storm and gained a 52:64 advantage. The Yellows felt that this was their moment to end the game, but Hapoel Tel Aviv did not give up, and the pressure began to take effect and made the team simply freeze. In a 65:73 situation in favor of the Yellows, the city rival ran 0:11, completely dismantling what was left of the confidence of the players of Sapropoulos.

"I know how important this game is to our fans and our organization, we have disappointed everyone. And us too. We have two options, either get mad and lower our heads, or work to get better, find where our mistakes are, correct them and come back a better team," said G. Yake Cohen and told of the trust in the team, "I have a lot of trust in my teammates, I will always give another delivery, and as for the coach, believe in him 100 percent, he always gives us his back, and it is our job to give him too. We do not show Our good ability, the only thing we can do is play better,That is our responsibility. "

When asked what to do from now on, he said: "We can continue to feel bad for ourselves because we lose games, or stay positive, our mistake would be to think about the games we lost and say nothing gets better, but it's bullshit, we have to win games. "I only know one way, to be the best member of the team, we have a lot of players like that here, I hope things will get better, and if not, we will feel bad at the end of the season. Getting fucked will not help us at all."

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