Alongside several departures from foreigners in basketball and football following the Corona epidemic, there were also those who remained in Israel. One of them is a coach Maccabi Tel Aviv, Vladimir Ivich, who was interviewed in his native Serbia and told about life in the new reality that the virus brought with him.“We practiced 15 days ago together,” the coach said. “But it was decided to stop the sport in Israel. Fortunately, life did not stop and continue on a different routine that we get used to. I am with my family in Tel Aviv and it is easier when we are together. My brother Elia is with his family in Greece, and the situation there is very dangerous. I am in daily contact with friends from Serbia We have to be strong. ”
Ibich also said of the season that was stopped: “We finished the regular season and we have the playoffs and entered the crucial phase of the season with a six point advantage over Maccabi Haifa, but no one thinks of football at the moment. The most important thing is that everyone stays healthy. “Players have been given personal training programs and sure it is new to them, but these are athletes and professionals and I have no doubt that they will adapt to the new situation very quickly.”
For the Yellow coach, this is not the first time he has been in an emergency after the 1999 Kosovo War, so he played in partisan uniforms in Belgrade, and despite all that he also has positive memories: “AC Athens, in a tribute of love and solidarity, came to Belgrade friendship game In the midst of the bombings. I remember they flew to Budapest and from there took the bus to Belgrade. It was a heroic and sporting act that will never be forgotten. “
“Should be strong” (Danny Maron)
