Maccabi’s head coach before the Israeli Cup final: “we will come ready”. John-Di: “it’s exciting to play in the finals, we’re really looking forward for this game”
“Semifinals are never
easy” said Coach Neven Spahija, “our opponent in the finals (Holon) is a very good team. I think we played a mediocre game in the semifinals and missed a lot of open shots. Ashdod who’s a great rebounding team, took more rebounds than us. I don’t think my players has an attitude problem, I fully trust my players and have complete faith in them it’s going to be a great game and we will come ready”.Coach Spahija added: “it’s important for us to limit Glen Rice Jr. but he’s not the only key, is it realistic to limit him? Yes, but I don’t know to what extent. We remember our last game against them, Glen wasn’t the only player who scored they have great scorers. It doesn’t matter if Maccabi won 8 consecutive cups, I always feel pressure and it’s true for every coach, if you’re a coach who doesn’t feel pressure then something is wrong”.
Holon’s Coach, Dan Shamir said: “Maccabi is one of the best high-pace teams in Europe. We also play
ing a high pace, therefore, we will not try to slow down the game. It’s hard to maintain a high quality while playing in such a high tempo”.Shlomi Harrush addressed having Glen Rice Jr. on his side: “A top level player has arrived here, not everything is up to him, we also have other good players, and the fact that he is doing a good job is also helping others”.
