1. Big celebrations at Hapoel Tel Aviv after the prestigious 77:78 last night (Sunday) against Maccabi Tel Aviv who completed 2 of 2 in the derby.
"We won twice this month a team with a budget 10 times ours."
This is the fourth time in history that the Reds have won the first two derbies of the season in the league.
The last two times signed mini-achievement Danny Franco.
Over the last few days, the coach has been apprehensive about the derby.
He saw the opponent's ability against Olympiacos and also knew that Jacoben Brown, the team's leader and coordinator, would be absent.
The club were debating whether to run Section 5 and postpone the game, but ultimately decided to fight.
As soon as he entered the hall and felt the atmosphere, Franco told those around him for the first time that he believed something big could be done.
"Defensively we came very prepared, it's no secret we had a hard attack, Maccabi managed to turn the game around. I am proud that we knew not to break, and we won with a big heart and determination, whoever wanted the game more won it," said the coach.
"We managed to win in spite of everything. I am proud of my team and the thousands of people who came here. It was a victory of will and fighting, a victory that symbolizes a club."
2. What has not happened to the Reds in the last few weeks since they went on a forced break due to the corona that befell them and the rivalry.
Lotan Amsalem and Jacoben Brown have been infected with the virus, and the latter is still unable to recover and complete training.
In the last week, the club members ran with him several times to the hospital to try to train him, but a final decision was made two hours before the game not to endanger him.
It is not at all clear whether the player will be fit to play on Friday against Hapoel Jerusalem.
Bar Timor was in very big doubt but insisted he wanted to play and went up to the parquet after getting two shots.
JP Tokoto and Gil Benny carry injuries, and they too came up to play after receiving a shot.
In recent days, Gal Gilinski and Ofek Gol were injured, further diluting the staff in training.
Due to this, the club is very pleased with the signing of Igor Kolshov, probably considering the sparse Israeli player market.
"We are happy that we were able to bring Igor and add depth and quality to our staff. He will get involved and contribute a lot," the team said.
Franco, last night at Drive In.
A big celebration in red, Photo: Alan Schieber
Above all the subtractions and injuries and the tremendous war of all the players, JP Tokoto shone.
"He's a sweeping type," the group said.
"Once we realized that Jacoben would not play, we knew things would have to go in his direction and he did it big time. He functioned as a kind of coordinator and really helped manage the game."
"We showed what we can do. We show what we can do. Some will say we were lucky with Scotty's miss, but we made him throw a hard shot, we got them out of their game, we did what we wanted to do. We got excited about this game and did everything we were. Can to win, "the actor said at the end.
"Jacoben is a key part of our team and we are missing, but as in any team, one player falls and someone has to come in his place. I played with all my heart, Raz Adam and others also came up. There was a lot of pressure to perform, and the players came up for the game. We knew what would happen. "When you have Jacoben, it's much easier."
"The atmosphere was amazing, it's nothing less than I thought. I knew it would be amazing, the fans were our sixth player. Their push, even when things didn't go right, gave us the energy to keep going."
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