Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts ASVEL Villeurbanne in Euroleague action on Sunday night at 21:00. The Yellow & Blue enter the contest after falling in Serbia to Red Star Belgrade by the score of 76-64 and will look to get back onto the winning track with three continental clashes coming up in six days as they host Khimki on Tuesday and head to Zenit on Friday to close the 2020/21 campaign.

“We are up against a very athletic team, and although they’ve lost some games lately, most of them were decided at the end,” explained Maccabi head coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos. “We want to react after the loss to Red Star by playing better with a higher level of concentration, reading the game on both ends of the court, and adjusting to it. It’s good we will have 3000 of our fans supporting us, and I expect them to help us overcome one more opponent.”

Tyler Dorsey also commented on their upcoming opponent, “Villeurbanne has been a dangerous team all year long. They aren’t in the playoffs contention, but on a good night, they can beat anybody when they are playing well, so we have to be ready. We have three games left, and we need to finish the season as strong as possible. They are one of the most athletic teams in the competition, so we have to match that with physicality and play our game, not letting their athleticism get us.”

The captain, John Dibartolomeo spoke about what his team’s goals are this week, ”We’ve struggled with inconsistency throughout the season, and that is something we have to fix especially going forward in these last three EuroLeague games and in the final stretch of the Israeli League. We will come out focused, prepared, and hopefully play a better game than we did the other day getting some revenge on Asvel after what they did to us in France.”