After losing to them in the semi-finals of the State Cup in February, in a game that led to the dismissal of Yannis Sapropoulos, Maccabi Tel Aviv will host Hapoel Tel Aviv tomorrow (Thursday, 21:10) for the first game in the best-of-five method at Yad Eliyahu in the Winner Basket League playoffs.
The Yellows made the decision not to include in the squad for the quarterfinals Ante Zizic who was seriously injured in the losing game to Hapoel Haifa on Monday and the forward will continue to recover at home.
"We have to play with maturity, professionalism and determination," Avi Even said today in the face of the city's rival. Hapoel Tel Aviv".
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On the series against Hapoel, Even added: "We did not have too much time to prepare, because we met Real Madrid and then Hapoel Jerusalem, Galilee and Hapoel Haifa, but it is also not interesting. This series is different and that is how we treat it. Whoever wants to take a championship We have to get through the quarterfinals no matter who we play against - I would be lying if I said that having a derby is not something that sits in our head and of course we want to win after what we went through with them this year. "
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