History for the Purple Club - Hapoel Holon in the Final Four of the Champions League.
Goodes' team completed tonight (Tuesday) 0: 2 over Strasbourg in the quarter-final series, and qualified for the tournament in Bilbao that will open on May 6.
Their opponent in the semifinals will be Tenerife.
The 80:81 victory in France was achieved thanks to a lot of character and not for the first time this season.
Towards the end of the first half this game was already over, but Holon has talent, experience, players who come to big games and as mentioned a lot of character.
Holon failed in the defensive rebound, with the host taking 22 rebounds on offense, but Holon has the tools to cover such a problem as well.
Coach Guy Goodes arrived during the season in place of Maurizio Buscalia, and is already a partner in history.
Johnson fights for the ball, Photo: Champions League website
The first half belonged to the French, who ran time and time again and reached a 32:49 lead near the half.
From here the direction of the game changed and the one who was responsible for it was Tyros Maggie.
Holon went for a 12:33 run and took a 62:75 advantage.
The defense in the second half was a completely different story and Frederic Bourdieu was the X Factor.
The French are still back in the lead, but Holon knows how to bring in a different player each time.
In the last quarter it was Joe Ragland who was great.
He is also the one who scored two baskets of money time and sent Holon to the European record in the history of the club.
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