Two weeks late, Hapoel Jerusalem will end the home stage of the Champions League today with a game in Manresa, after being postponed twice due to a wave of infection in Corona in the Spanish team, which was disabled for about three weeks.
In fact, her game against Real Madrid on Tuesday was her first since December 11th.
For Jerusalem, this is a very important game, the result of which will determine the identity of its opponent in the play-in, and whether it will have a home advantage or not.
This game will take place when most of the other play-in series in the factory have already begun.
Yotam Halperin.
Critical game in Spain, Photo: Liron Moldovan
Meaning: The win will have a big meaning, and that may be the key to the Reds' continuation of the season. If they win, they will finish the home stage in second place and get a home-play advantage in the play-in (in the best-of-three series). A loss will send them to third place, with no home advantage. Victory - and they will meet the Ukrainian Promitei (Nano Ginzburg's team) which is a good team, but inexperienced in European factories. Loss - and she meets Tenerife, one of the leading teams in the factory in recent years (won the cup and reached another final), and is a regular candidate to go all the way. The differences are clear.
The chances: If Marsa demonstrates the ability it showed against Real Madrid (even though it lost 92:87), Jerusalem has no chance.
The Spanish team surprised with high ability especially in light of the fact that it was disabled for almost a month.
The point is that the rules of the game against Jerusalem are different.
First of all, the game does not set anything for her.
She secured first place (not yet defeated) and a direct ascent to the top 16. Other than that, the game at 1:30 pm will be her second in 36 hours.
Beyond that, the host's head is in its struggles to get into the top eight in the league to participate in the cup, and on Sunday it is set to play against Barcelona.
Speaks at the premiere in the arena.
Can not help, Photo: Alan Schieber
The constraints: John Kilpatrick is positive for Corona and stays in the country.
Noam Dovrat and John Agbono are not allowed to play because it is a postponed game, and at the original time they were not team players.
Jerusalem will have a staff of only eight senior players.
Meanwhile, following the addition of Noam Dovrat, guard Yuval Schneiderman (19, 1.85 m) will soon leave the club in favor of Maccabi Rishon LeZion or Hapoel Haifa. The goal: accumulating minutes of play.
Yaakov Meir participated in the preparation of the article
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