The last test of the tools before the European Championship failed.
A big disappointment was registered last night (Sunday) among the players of the Israeli national team after the painful 95:83 home loss against Sweden in the World Cup qualifiers, in a game that the team defined on the eve of the match as a critical battle that must not be lost.
Four days to the opening of the Eurobasket, and it seems that the smiles and euphoria that prevailed in the Israel team only a few days ago, after the victories over the weak Romanian team, disappeared like never before, when the players quickly went down to the dressing rooms and looked disappointed.
The Israeli national team pointed to the poor defense in the paint and the fact that Sweden scored 42 points in the paint as a major factor in the loss.
"We didn't show up on the defensive side, we kept bad and in the loss things don't go as they should," team center Roman Sorkin shared honestly.
Sorkin added: "Let's look ahead, the European Championship is ahead of us, we'll recover and come ready for it. Dani Avdia? Even the greatest players have less good games, but we shouldn't get excited about it, he'll come back and show us the abilities he's already shown us. The loss to Sweden? It's over, I wish we could go back and fix it, but it's not possible, we have to look forward."
The Israeli national team is shocked,
The coach of the national team, Guy Goodes, commented on the game: "A disappointing loss, we should have played better and won."
We started the game unfocused, we allowed them to gain confidence, make easy baskets and we had to start chasing them without success and we paid for it."
The professional team admitted that it was evident that there was a problem with the chemistry and team bonding on the field, which was reflected in the weak display.
"We lost the confidence, pace and chemistry we showed just two weeks ago and it cost us in this disappointing loss," Goodes concluded.
"We weren't good enough in defense and we didn't move the ball well in attack, we will have to play better and find solutions already on Friday at the start of the European Championship", admitted the team's forward, Tomer Ginat.
Goods.
His gang doesn't look good, photo: Alan Shiver
The Indian team's approach when they came to the game was wrong and cost them a loss.
"We didn't appreciate Sweden enough, we will have to show differently in the European Championship", Tamir Blat concluded.
"We will have to take this game as a wake-up call. We have to tell the truth, it's not that Sweden won, it's us who lost," team captain Gal Mekel honestly signed off.
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