Avdia: "Maybe the players here are not used to playing back-to-back, I am."

Medar: "We showed heart"

Israel achieved a second consecutive EuroBasket victory, Avdia starred again: "I felt I could produce."

Goodes on the weak start: "There was pressure, players shouted."

Buskalia: "We had a hard time against Israel's regional team"

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04/09/2022

Sunday, 04 September 2022, 00:19 Updated: 00:39

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Summary of an English celebration: all Saturday's goals in the Premier League, the 6th round (Sport1)

The Israeli national team achieved a second EuroBasket victory this evening (Saturday), this time beating the Netherlands 67:74, with Danny Avdia once again leading the team with 21 points and important baskets and helping his teammates come back from a double-digit deficit, just as it was in the first game on Friday against Finland.

The Israeli team went 0:2 in the European Championship, which raises a lot of hopes and brings the team closer to the round of 16.

Danny Avdia, who provided several big shots, said at the end: "It took a while for us to get into our concentration, but even when it didn't go, we stayed together and that's the most important thing. Personally, I felt I could produce, but everyone who was on the court brought the points and the defense was the most important." .

Avdia added: "We need to come more prepared, sometimes we come perhaps with disdain because we have already won before. I felt that we hesitated a little today at the beginning. Maybe some of the guys are not used to playing back-to-back, to prepare the muscles and maybe that is the reason we did not start well . I'm used to it. Now there's a rest day and we'll come sharp for the game against Poland."

Starred again.

Avdia (photo: official website, FIBA)

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Tamir Blat: "We struggled and didn't come with the right energy, I'm happy that we stayed together and came away with the victory, it's important to us. We have a day to recover and we'll move forward from there. We really like Danny's dominance, two excellent games of his that helped us win, I'm happy for him The tournament he's doing so far. In the first game, Yam didn't play much, I'm proud of him that he remained mentally tough, played hard and led us to victory. It showed how strong he is mentally and he's tremendous."

Yam Medar: "For two and a half quarters we didn't play the way we know how to play, but I think we showed character. We showed heart, we didn't play quality basketball, but this victory shows a lot. The onus of proof is on us, we did a good job today and we'll have to move forward and prepare for the next game."

a source of pride.

The national team (photo: official website, FIBA)

Coach Guy Goodes: "This is perhaps the most difficult match, because everyone considers the Netherlands to be the weakest at home. So after a great victory over Finland, this is the most difficult match to come to mentally prepared. There is physical and mental difficulty, Holland is not a sexy opponent and the trick is to win such matches as well ".

Goodes added: "They didn't enter the game well, but in the second half we picked up the pace defensively, we started to defend. Offensively, they didn't enter well, maybe there was pressure, players shouted, I saw that the players were neither quiet nor calm."

Goodes expanded and said: "The game can be divided into two halves. In the first half, the first 5 minutes, we didn't play the defense we want, we knew that Holland is a team that goes into the paint. In the second half it was a completely different game, they scored 27 points, we started to be aggressive in defense , we scored 42 points, that was the difference. It's not easy to come after a big win over Finland, that's the life of a tournament, there are a lot of things in question. I'm happy that we're after two wins, and right now we just want to keep going.

"If I knew why we were soft at the beginning, I would solve it, like everyone else. I don't have that formula, obviously it's not good that it's happening, we want to start strong and aggressive. We're happy that we bring the aggressiveness later in the game. In tournaments like this you have to win , it's not important to be the most beautiful. You have to look at the glass half full. In our mentality, it's either a carnival or a scandal, let's be a little in the middle. We need to support the team, all of us, to give the players the spirit for the hard work they put in for over a month.

"Avdia?

Danny is used to playing back to back, but physically he is not there yet, the corona makes it physically difficult for him.

His big three, everyone at the end of the day can make the right move for the team, that's the bottom line.

We want to reach the next level by any means possible."

"If I knew why we were soft at first, I would solve it."

Goods (Photo: Reuters)

Holland coach Maurizio Buscaglia: "We started the game well, the players who were on the field did a good job, in the second half we struggled against Israel's regional team, I should have helped the players better, the players left a great effort on the field. It's a hard loss, and I take it for granted myself".

He also added: "It was a pleasure to meet the people from Israel, it was a beautiful moment to be an artist in Holon."

On the game: "We had to find a solution for Israel's zone, take some rebounds that we lost, and when the team is struggling, the coach has to find solutions. I congratulated the players, and now we have to prepare for the third game."

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