The team did not understand why a plane was not chartered to Finland

by time news

Moshe Barda

Tomer Ginat (FIBA.COM)

Tomer Ginat (FIBA.COM)

A week before the opening of the European Basketball Championship tournament, the Israeli team lost 79:73 to Finland in the World Championship qualifiers in a game that raised a number of worrying signs, as well as things that need a lot of improvements. All this, as mentioned, when there is not much time left before the Eurobasket that will start next Thursday.

The ability on the floor in Finland could have been better, but the trip to Finland turns out to be the same. The trip to the northern country included a stopover in Rhodes and the team’s surroundings did not look favorably on the issue of the flight at all. The national team flew on a plane with tourists and after two national team players recovered from Corona, they did not understand why a plane was not chartered for them.

And back to the game: the Israeli national team’s three-point defense simply wasn’t there. The Finnish team had nine three-pointers at 39.1% percentage and if that wasn’t enough, the disappointment in the team increased considering the amount of points that were left on the line. Moreover, the meaning of the loss is that the Israeli team dropped to a negative balance of three wins against four losses, in a house where only the first three teams advance.

Danny Avdia (FIBA.COM)Danny Avdia (FIBA.COM)

Finland, as mentioned, was a team at a higher level than Romania and Auburn University, which the Israeli team met in the preparatory games in Israel for the European Championship. Georgia, of course, with Sandro Mamukashvili and Turnika Shangaliya, is of better quality than the previous two and the Indian team because they wanted to close preparatory games at a higher level of quality. Only that desire is separate and reality is separate.

Israel and Finland will meet again at the opening of the Eurobasket in Prague, but even before that, Guy Goodes’ players will meet Sweden as part of the World Championship qualifiers, in a game where there is really no other option than a home victory, from which only three teams continue to the next stage.

Lauri Markkanen goes up to the basket (FIBA.COM)Lauri Markkanen goes up to the basket (FIBA.COM)

Guy Panini He said at the end: “It was a difficult game against a very trained and domestic team, and we somehow fell behind their pace and failed to develop the style of play we are used to. We got into some kind of hole in the first half and slowly we started chasing and eventually we reach the game in the fourth quarter and we have to make big moves. We missed it and will have to learn from it.

“The head is now in the game against Sweden. We’re coming home and it’s fun to play in front of our crowd. We know the importance of the game for the World Championship qualifiers so first of all we focus on this game. We have some sort of open account with Finland and we will meet them in the first match of the European Championship, we will have to arrive at the peak of readiness and learn from this match.’

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