Surprising, but in a systematic way Maccabi Tel Aviv has been beating the great Barcelona in recent years. At least according to the data of the last seasons, the Yellows can be optimistic about the game tonight (Thursday).
There are several clubs in the Euroleague, and Barca is the big team that Maccabi is most successful against.
Indeed, one of the top clubs on the continent regularly loses to the Yellows, and this still happens in the years when Maccabi did not particularly excel and was inferior in terms of quality to its rival.
At the Nokia Hall, the Yellows have five consecutive home wins against the glittering club.
Barcelona's last victory in Tel Aviv was sometime in November 2016. And if we take it one step further, in the last two seasons Maccabi did not lose at all to the Spaniards - with two home victories and two more away.
Ronas Jasikvicius, a guest of honor at the Hall, has yet to win in Israel as Barcelona's coach, and the last time he did so was with Zalgiris Kovna.
Unexpected figures, but it seems that the Spanish Empire is getting the best out of Maccabi.
However, it is clear that these data are good for joking around the game and perhaps also for raising motivation.
Something encouraging, but not something to build on.
In practice, Barca's season is also better - but statistics tend to be broken.
ketch,
In order for the tradition to be preserved, Oded Ketch's players need to step up.
With the exception of Monaco, this is a different team than the other opponents they had in the previous home games.
This is going to be another test of the identity of the club this season, which is difficult to wonder about Cancana until now.
They did take advantage of a comfortable draw to start strong, but last week they came back to reality after a resounding defeat against Basconia.
Meanwhile there are more question marks than exclamation marks.
All four games in the hall ended in victory, while the two away games ended not only in loss - the team was not really in the business.
In the hall, the crowd carried Maccabi.
Outside the problems were revealed.
Lorzano Brown.
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The foreigner problem
Home and away differences are not the only question.
The Brown-Baldwin pairing is well received and works great together, but that's the only thing that's clear right now.
Deron Hilliard is just coming back from injury, and Austin Hollins' status is unclear.
Jarrell Martin is currently unable to fit in, and Jaylen Adams is here on a temporary contract and his contribution is not significant.
And another point: Bonzie Coulson continues to get lost between the forward positions.
Under the basket, there is a kind of duplication between Josh Niebo and Alex Poithers, which causes Ketch to move the latter to the number 4 position, which does not really suit him.
Because of this, and because of Martin's lack of contribution that we touched on earlier, this all-important position is not covered properly.
The bottom line: except for the pair of guards, there is some kind of unresolved matter above every foreigner in Maccabi. Let's hope that tonight we start getting answers.
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