1. It opens with Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, who fill the hall with every Euroleague game and thousands more who watch them on TV.
Seven Euroleague losses and another home loss in the derby and they did not hear a word.
Throughout the crisis, the voices of the heads of Maccabi and especially not of the professional manager Nikola Vujicic were not heard.
Yannis Sapropoulos has not yet provided one real explanation for the fall.
In interviews he is more on the standard of commentator of the last game with statements that should continue to be fought.
Even the announcement that James Nanali would not play in Monaco did not explain the surprising move, other than to say that it was the coach's decision.
Think it's the club's duty to provide fans with a snapshot and a statement ahead of time.
On the other hand yesterday was the first action to try to get out of the situation.
To date throughout the month and a half of the crisis no preventative measures have been taken.
Only now can one see the first act of action - also partial.
The waiver of Nanali in a game in France is the first sign on the way to some kind of shock.
Maccabi players in shock during the derby.
Big disappointment, Photo: Alan Schieber
Not in every crisis, getting out of it is a way of bringing in players.
Sometimes the way to shock is to actually give up players.
Less is sometimes more.
There is a clear statement here to the other players that their place is not safe at all.
2. What can give Maccabi Tel Aviv a little optimism in its current difficult situation in the Euroleague table is its upcoming game plan. It includes games on yellow paper that can win and such a sequence can put them in momentum. The latter), she will host Basconia and Alba Berlin and will be hosted by the penultimate Panathinaikos in the table.
Nikola Vujicic with Federman worried.
How about some explanations for the audience ?, Photo: Oded Karni
In addition, it is important to note that the Euroleague has entered a period of ambiguity.
The corona raised its head at the end of the round and starts raging between all the teams.
This can cause problems for groups and change the balance of power.
Yannis Sapropoulos.
His last game at Maccabi Tel Aviv ?, Photo: Alan Shiber
3. One of the indications of Maccabi Tel Aviv's big problem is the story of the quarters.
Yannis Sapropoulos' team simply takes one quarter in each game and throws it away.
It falls apart in one of the quarters where it actually loses the game.
It happened in 6 of its 7 losses in the Euroleague and also in the Derby.
Last example: First quarter in St. Petersburg 10:25 to the host, hence the chase until the end of the game.
In these six games the cumulative total of these quarterly losses is minus 99. And to remind you, basketball plays 40 minutes.
Loss Series: One quarter of a fall
Rival Quarter Result
Olympiacos 1 35: 8
Real Madrid 4 22:11
Kazan 4 22: 8
Fenerbahce 3 28:14
Anadolu 2 30:20
Znit 1 25:10
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 24:16
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