Tikteknu: clip summarizing today's events in sports, 4/27 (Sport1)
Maccabi Tel Aviv will return to Israel nervous after the second game in Monaco tonight (Thursday), when the Yellows surrendered 86:74 and allowed the French to tie the series at 1:1.
Although on the face of it Maccabi Tel Aviv met its goal and achieved the away victory it hoped for, but Oded Ketch's team leaves frustrated from the game in which two of its players were sent off (Wade Baldwin and Darren Hilliard) and in total the guests from Tel Aviv received an unusual amount of seven technical fouls from the referees.
There was an atmosphere of aggression, and it was not easy." Ketch (Photo: GettyImages)
A lot of nerves, it will be hot in Tel Aviv.
Hilliard (Photo: GettyImages)
Darren Hilliard
said at the end: "It was fun. A tough game, the crowd was great, we went up with the goal of fighting, and we'll see what will happen in Tel Aviv."
On the fact that he was sent off: "There are moments like this, it's part of the game, but you have to move on.
"We really appreciate the crowd that came here, we won't let them down in Tel Aviv.
We'll have to bring the fire we had this year.
They are a good team, and maybe we are too relaxed from the dressing room.
"But in the end we did what we wanted, we stole Game 1, and we'll have to close the story in Tel Aviv. We'll see everyone there."
Oded Ketch
: "We expected it, game 1 was also aggressive, but I'm proud of how we fought, no less than the first game, in a game where they almost didn't let us touch them. It won't be easy. We're going home, but we can't rest and recover." They
scored Much better today, they had their runs, yet we came back.
There was an atmosphere of aggression, and it wasn't easy,
Ketch was asked about the refereeing, and answered cautiously: "It's better that I don't talk about it... In my opinion, something unusual happened here. It's quite clear that this is a team that initiates a lot of contact, and in a game like this, the refereeing has a very big meaning."
According to the coach, "We need to recover, relax, be proud of what we did. We are playing against a very strong, athletic, quality, deep opponent, and we will have to be at our best."
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