{"id":74854,"date":"2022-12-18T20:29:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T20:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=74854"},"modified":"2022-12-18T20:29:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T20:29:19","slug":"argentina-messi-maccabi-italy-wrapup-israelis-in-europe-on-episode-354","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/argentina-messi-maccabi-italy-wrapup-israelis-in-europe-on-episode-354\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina &#038; Messi, Maccabi &#038; Italy Wrapup, Israelis in Europe on Episode #354"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/10442217?style=normal&#038;width=504&#038;height=208\" width=\"504\" height=\"208\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBefore we got into the basketball action, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesportsrabbi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bpask85\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Pask<\/a> began the show wrapping up Argentina&#8217;s World Cup win over France as we spoke about what the title means to the country as well as to the greatest player of all-time, Leo Messi.<\/p>\n<p>Then it was onto The Sports Rabbi&#8217;s trip to Italy for Maccabi Tel Aviv&#8217;s win over Milano followed up by heading to Varese and a post with Luis Scola&#8217;s club along with head coach Matt Brase and GM Michael Arcieri. 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