Tenerife won the Champions League yesterday (Sunday) after defeating Menersa.
It was a very high level final.
This is not Barcelona against Real Madrid.
Not even Valencia or Basconia.
This exciting and high-quality game was provided by the teams in 5th and 6th places in Spain.
Those who are not close to the Euroleague at all.
This testifies to the quality and depth of the league that sent 6 teams to the top four in the top three trophies in Europe.
A league whose teams have won the Champions Cup four times in six years.
Teams and managers in our league should take this game tape and just learn.
Things do not happen by chance and no, it's not all a matter of money.
As mentioned, these are not the large, rich and glittering groups in Spain, but the way and the habits embedded in them lead them to exhaustion and the conclusive conclusion that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
So what is it about these groups that we do not have and how do we learn to upgrade our situation?
First of all they have teamwork and defense.
Quite a bit of criticism is received by coaches in Spain for their exchange method, which is often unrelated to what happens on the floor.
This method causes them to play defense at this level.
A player goes on the field, gives all the energy, goes down to rest and comes back again.
This means that the pitch always has fresh legs to keep.
In Spain, defense is taught first and foremost, and for them, defense is not a recommendation.
The defensive intensity there is at a very high level.
Osola celebrates, yesterday in Bilbao, Photo: FIBA website
Protection is not just about physicality and energy.
Defense is a team formation and the advantage of the Spaniards is the level of coordination, because the name of the game is team spirit and it is not only expressed in the attack.
There are no superstars other than purple individuals, everything works in the method of a well-oiled machine that knows what to do at any given moment on the field.
We have a lot to learn from it, with us the majority is based on personal ability.
The issue of budget can be taken down very quickly from the chapter.
Basconia has been in the Euroleague for years.
It is true that she is armored but with much lower budgets she has done quite a bit there.
Manrasa is a team with a lower budget than Holon and it is not certain that the budget of Tenerife is much larger than that of Hapoel Jerusalem.
Pablo Martins.
There is no substitute for experience, Photo: FIBA website
Do not give up the face game
Another statistic that builds success is the coaches.
From both sides on the lines we have seen experienced and creative coaches who know how to build teams and connect teams and have exceptional dominance and influence.
On the one hand Chos Vidorta, who has been in Tenerife for the past six seasons and on the other Pedro Martinez's which is his third season at Manres in his second term at the club.
There are other coaches, not at Real or Barcelona who are already developing to the highest levels like: Juan Panaroya at Valencia, Alex Mumbo at Bilbao and Carles Duran at Badalona.
It is not only their high level of training but the stability in the coaching position that produces continuity.
Most teams in Spain do not build and dismantle every season like we do.
The principle of continuity is very important.
For this you need to know how to build teams and locate players.
Champions League player of the season Chima Monca from Manresa played two years ago in the second division in France.
He is now a Euroleague potential.
So is team coordinator Sylvian Francisco when there are quite a few examples in this league of locating excellent players and nurturing them.
Take the players who were on the floor yesterday.
If you give Israeli teams the opportunity to take players from them, there will be few who will sign.
Why?
Because we are looking for stars.
In Spain, players who are suitable for the method are taken.
This is exactly the story - choosing the right players for the coach makes them look great in one place and much less good in another.
Two more important elements.
One is the face game.
In our league, especially teams with low budgets, teams just give up the face game.
In Spain every team has at least two significant and physical inside players and we see far fewer combinations and "small ball" games as we do.
The second element is the age story of actors.
No identity card matters.
Adolescent players get their place and contribute from their vast experience.
We saw what Sergio Yui did in Real Madrid's series against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The outstanding player of the Final Four of the Champions League was Marcelino Huartas from Tenerife soon to be 39. There is no interesting fear of age also in the other direction Minutes of the floor, that's how players grow.
In other words - there is a method.
You can do magic on a road like Holon, but to go all the way, you need more than that.
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