Ah – for some time basketball in Lebanon was enormous, humongous. Then politics ruined it.
However hey listed below are – a nation failing on all attainable ranges, with gamers having no electrical energy to coach, a few of them had left the nation to higher pastures, most of them had zero financing, plenty of them failed to come back to coaching as a result of there was no gasoline to have the ability to attend, and the record continues. So what does the nationwide Lebanese basketball staff do? Clearly, or quite not clearly, they went on to qualify to the ultimate of the Asian Basketball Championship – by beating China (the clear anticipated winner) within the quarter finals, and Jordan within the semi-finals (two very shut video games the place the Lebanese staff finally dominated).
So there you go, the gamers – particularly Wael Arakji – really excelled it appears. Lastly the Lebanese have a small glimmer of hope, pleasure, nationwide satisfaction, or what not. Everybody instantly remembered basketball. Sure, the one which was ruined by politics.
Effectively, as with all occasions, Almaza rises to the event with “goosebumps” – as exhibits on a basket ball…
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