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"Building a Winning Tradition": On the Evening of Holon vs. Tenerife | Israel today

2022-05-07T06:52:38.019Z


Emotions mixed in the purple team after the loss in the Final Four • Guy Goodes: "sees the glass half full" • After a season of big comebacks, this time Holon failed against the best team in the factory • The conclusion for next season: Holon must have a colored player An adult from Guy Pnini and the Spanish checkpoint of Israeliness


Mixed

feelings at Hapoel Holon.

On the one hand, it was close - towards the end, they saw the final in Holon on Sunday.

On the other hand, there is pride in the great journey the team has made this season, in the record achievement and no less than that pride - in the 1,000 fans that the team has brought to Bilbao.

That's the whole story of yesterday's loss (Friday) in the semi-final against Tenerife.

Holon hopes to continue to be built from this season, which was its fifth in the factory.

Its trend of progress continues from season to season.

She is building a tradition.

Last season was among the top eight, the season among the top four.

The direction is positive.

Coach Guy Goodes said at the end: "I see both sides. Disappointed with the loss, but very proud of the way. I am very proud of the club, the players and the fans. It goes without saying to bring 1,000 fans here. I look at the half full glass despite the disappointment. We are building a winning tradition ".

Goodes pointed to an important element that was in favor of the Spaniards: "We are first time in the class. There are a lot of players who have experienced this for the first time. Their experience has worked. We made history this season. We are the first to reach the Final Four of the Champions League.

Goods.

"We made history this season", Photo: Champions League website

Rafi Manko, one of the outstanding players yesterday: "The little things decided the game. I am proud of my friends. We need to raise our heads. We will be strengthened by this."

2.

For the trend to continue, Holon must learn a few things from yesterday's game.

Like for example: appearing for the game as a team dictating it.

Holon dealt with matches for the opponent throughout the game.

Chos Vidorta Coach Tenerife, a coach with a sea of ​​experience who has already taken the title with the team, probably in his style and went with him to the end.

Holon was constantly making adjustments.

Another important conclusion: in order to step up, Holon must have a target player in color.

A significant inside player who will oblige the defenses to maximum attention and will facilitate the guards.

A rebounder that will lead to a situation in which Holon will not lag behind in this area as it did yesterday.

Last season, with a chin of this kind, Holon was based on the loose basketball of coach Dadas and a lot of threes.

This season there was no such player again and Holon was based on the talent of the guards and their character.

it is not enough.

With what she had, Holon did its best this season - and reached the ceiling of its capabilities.

The loss to Tenerife in the semi-finals yesterday would have looked like a script for Holon's entire season in the Champions League.

The thing is, what worked along the way did not work this time.

Throughout the season, Holon made big comebacks during the games.

It was clear and known that a bad opening and big delays do not scare her and she wins again and again.

Also yesterday, Holon started badly and fell behind in double digits several times during the game.

As the end approached, Rafi Manko turned the bowl over and Holon took the lead.

Is the melody coming back?

Not this time.

Tenerife knew how to come back immediately and win the game.

One of the main reasons that Holon did not know how to make the change this time is the ability of Tyros Maggie and Adam Smith.

Two scorers who have already turned quite a few games and two players who know the job in Money Time.

In this game they only had nine points in common.

Tyros Maggie.

Did not appear, Photo: Champions League website

In Holon they came down with a sense of missing out, but one has to look at the overall picture.

Tenerife was superior and rightly won.

She led the whole game except once, for most of the minutes she dominated matters even though the Spanish team was not at its peak.

Tenerife, an excellent three-pointer team, scored only 27 percent, from the line scored only 62 percent and excellent players across the arc like Sasho Salin and Kyle Wilcher finished with just one three-pointer.

3.

What the winner did have was 16 rebounds on offense and the natural phenomenon Marcellino Huartas.

The 38-and-a-half-year-old Guy Panini was not the oldest on the floor.

Tenerife's Brazilian center will be 39 in three weeks.

This man did on the field an artwork of a coordinator in control of pace, delivery ability, leadership and also 17 points.

We will not be surprised if he lifts the trophy on Sunday in the all-Spanish final against Manresa.

Beyond that, it has once again been proven that the Spanish groups are a barrier to Israeliness.

This was the sixth time in recent years that an Israeli team has failed against a Spanish team in a decisive game or in a decisive series.

In all this time the opposite has not happened once.

Marcellino Huartas,

In reaching the final, Tenerife put another stamp on being the successful team of this enterprise.

This is the sixth season of the Champions League and it will be its third final.

If she wins, it will be her master's degree.

Holon will compete for third place against German Ludwisburg (which lost in the second semi-final to Manresa) when the victory will have the economic significance of winning 200,000 euros.

During the season, Holon defeated the German team twice.

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Source: israelhayom

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