"The biggest test of a career": the moment of truth for the players of the Israeli national team

The team is alert before the fateful game against the Czech Republic, and tries to forget about the events of the past week: "Things happened that shouldn't happen, but the guys are professionals"

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08/09/2022

Thursday, 08 September 2022, 07:00

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Summary of the day in sports, 8.9 (Sport1)

The moment of truth for the Israeli basketball team in EuroBasket 2022 will come tonight (Thursday, 18:30) in the meeting against the Czech team guided by the Israeli coach Nano Ginzburg.

A victory for Israel will send it to the round of 16 of the Eurobasket finals in Berlin on Sunday from third place, and a meeting against Croatia or Ukraine.

A loss for Israel will end the championship for them, assuming that Finland wins the match to be held at 15:00 against the Netherlands.

If the Finns are surprised by the Dutch, who haven't won an official game in a year and a half, Israel could lose by up to 5 points and move up from fourth place to meet Yannis Antetokounmpo and the Greek team in the round of 16.

The national team and the basketball association have put aside all the talk about the lack of chemistry that has surfaced in recent times ahead of tonight's game, and know that a victory in it will help meet the goals set before the championship.

A loss on the other hand would equal failure.

Israel believes that it is possible to overcome the experienced Czechs, who present a squad most of which was part of the qualification for the quarter-finals of the World Championship three years ago and participated in the Olympics last year.

must ascend.

Avdia (photo: official website, FIBA)

The professional team talked to the players several times yesterday and repeated the mantra - "Be focused, don't be tempted to do things outside the game plan, stay focused and we will win."

Israel will try to control the pace of the game and take out of it the great star of the Czechs, Tomas Saturnsky, who is carrying an injury.

"For many of the players, today is the biggest test of their career so far," said one of the team members, "there will be a lot of talk about what happened here last week. We have seen things like this in the past, but some of this should not have happened. In the end, the guys Professionals, and we hope they will do the job to move on to another game."

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