The playmaker for the national team basketball Osama Douglas confirmed that the historic achievement that has been made available for Jordan to the World Cup in Turkey next year, was the natural result of the large amount of work done by everyone over the years, as the players were very determined not to waste this opportunity Gold
Douglas said in an extensive dialogue with the "Alghad": indescribable pleasure that we are going to play at the largest theater in the world, but when the joy expires we have to think, what then? We need to prepare very high, and when the World Cup comes, I hope that we are going to be an unpleasant surprise for all the teams that we will play against
He added: they say, Jordan has a good team and only, but after the first match in front of Lebanon that started to say that they are coming to change the features of the competition and rise to the final match, so that we have 12 players capable of playing and the granting of the assistance required for the team, and defense against us was like the impossible
The outstanding playmaker spoke about the importance of making Rasheim Wright for the title of leading the Asian Cup,that Palma’s method does not recognize the single star, to play a priority and performance of collective defense
Challenges imposed by Reality
At the beginning Sam indicated to the harsh conditions experienced on the team, when it was announced that the Olympic Committee went to solve the basketball federation, but the resolve of the players stayed on to honor home to the highest levels, he said: "It was not easy for us to put aside all the effort and tension, anxiety and inconvenience of travel and stay away from loved ones in the preparation of a 3-year, it was not allowed us to give up the dream of reaching the World Cup”
He continued: "Before the recent travel to Chinese Taipei and then to China, there was a lot of problems and to talk, we sit down after practice and talk for hours, we wonder: What are the features of the future that lies ahead, but after travel we decided to put everything behind us, and what has helped us to forget all the problems, the continued joy because of the continued successive victories in the William Jones and then in the Asia Championship
The only problem in front Iran
It is known that the team had not yet suffered from any of his problems, only to retreat in the face of Iran located in the William Jones, and Douglas noted about this: "it bothered me The way in which the Iranian Hamid Ohdadi tried to hurt Zaid Abbas, and I liked me and all my collegues to defend on Zaid so that all Iranian team will realize that the team is one family, and when they decided not to punish the Ihdadi I approved the decision to withdraw because it was a clear message to the organizers who did not give us, and we are champions of the tournament for two consecutive years, the necessary degree of respect
As for the benefit for the Iranian team from our withdrawal, when the timing of the semi-final, He said: "it is a double-edged sword, we might benefit, because the coach of Iran did not recognize well on our players and the sources of power, we have a time when we know the sources of power they have, but on the other We have probably have lost the focus with the start of the match because of tension
However: "In my opinion, we did not conciliators not because of the tension, but because of luck , it just not there in some cases of non-reason, in short, the Iranians luck in the semi-final was good, as we have gave them a great service when we missed 19 shots in the first half of the game" .
Secret of the "Jordanian mixture" in Asia
It must be the national team may have a secret blend of Asian Cup has made him a clear advantage for the rest of the group, and this mixture from the standpoint of the playmaker is a major force in the other points, and about that he said: "The Team strength points with the presence of Rasheim, focus of the defensive teams in the competition is limited and placed under permanent surveillance, but he quickly leaves them confused because they will not be able to know the source of danger, it might be me or maybe Zaid Abbas, Idais or Enver or AlKhas or one of colleagues of the bench, such as Hamdan, or Al-Awadi and Alsous or Islam. "
He continued: "We have 12 players,all of them are capable of playing and granting the assistance required for the team, and by all testified, playmakers and wings were the best we have at the level of the tournament, even the centers players’ actions were unpredictable , and the defense against us was like the impossible."
The secret of the playmaker’s professional
As for his shinning performance at the Asian Cup, where he was chosen the best playmaker in the tournament, both at the level of registration or pass the ball and the kidnapping of the critical, negative with the loss of the ball, he said: "The ball is spending more time with the playmaker, and therefore he is exhibit more than others to lose it, perhaps my classification as best playmaker came because of the skilled assistance and also recorded the points, I was helping in the attack whenever the team needs for registration, note that I was going to the basket more in the William Jones championship because of its friendly nature, but in the Asian Cup I decided to give more balls to my colleagues
And he added, “ we all saw how Rasheim was scoring from most of the shots, I didn’t care of his place in the moment I pass him the ball unlike the rest of the players who I prefer to give them the ball in places that they love, and observers noted the non-recurrence of the attacks of any of the team’s attacks because of my concern for the distribution of roles and make everyone fall in the list of registered because basketball science says that each player to score immediately brings the performance level of defense
Flu played a negative role
With regard to the effects of flu, which hit a number of players at a critical time of the Asian Cup Douglas said: "flu has affected mostly on Rasheim, Enver,Zaid Abbas and Fadel Najjar, and began its implications for the Philippines in the quarter-finals, culminating in the semi-finals, I have been confirmed because I was asking about Rasheim, Enver and Zaid during the match, and the answer was always one: I'm tired
The first match was most difficult
The most difficult matches in the Asian Cup was the first match in front of Lebanon, according to Sam confirmation, where he explained: "We are aware that to win means that we will take the right path, we had some concern because of the nominations before the tournament was aimed at the interests of Iran and Lebanon and China”
He added: "They say Jordan has elected a good team, but they say after the game they started to say that Jordan can change the features of the competition and rise to the final match, a number of trainers were minimizing the importance of our team, despite successive victories we have achieved, for example, Qatar's coach said after we win , that it is impossible for Jordan to qualify for the World Cup, Iran's coach said after the semi-final that Jordan team did not achieve and will not achieve anything, and on the contrary, was China's and Lebanon coach’s statements.
He explained: " Fadi Khatib and I talked, when we met in the" gym "before the two semi-finals, and he told me that he expected for us to meet in the final game, as the Lebanese team was full of respect for us, but God willing, we met in the match for third place, and similar circumstances and conditions of the Lebanese because we gave the Iranians win in the semi-finals, while rulers gave a false victory for China on Lebanon.
However: "In return to Iran game, they were not going to win other than for the errors, which were calculated on me and made me leave the game in the beginning of the fourth quarter, as well as some of the errors that have not accounted for us, the most important was to Zaid AlKhas in the Iran last attack, team needs me in the last 30 seconds”.
As for his alternative in the playmaker, Wesam Alsous,Douglas said: "he was special as always, however, that the injury had affected him greatly, especially as he has suffered throughout the William Jones tournament and recovered after 3 matches in the Asian Cup."
Great frustration after Iran
And feelings of the players after losing the semi-final against Iran, despite a difference of half of the basket closest we have to win in more than one occasion, the field commander for the team cleared: "After the game with Iran until the end of the match of Lebanon and China , I did not speak with anyone, and I was afraid of the victory for Lebanon on China , because the third-place match with China will be a lot of the courtesies of the owners of the land by the rulers. "
And the status of fatigue suffered by the Lebanese team for the difficult match with China in the semi-finals, said: "We too had succumbed to the psyche and the very poor, if we look carefully, it is the first time that we get to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, and the Lebanese have more experience, it did not have any role in the fatigue issue, so that the importance of the game delete any presence of fatigue, leaving us only 40 minutes to reach the World Cup
He added: "What happened shortly, we played the game with a brave heart, and the Lebanese felt that and was not able to compete with us so they confess with lost
Rasheim exceeded all
According to the opinion of Douglas, the most players in the team competition are: "Jackson Froman (Lebanon) for the representation he is skilled and knows how to get the error, Wang (China) has the experience, skill and intelligence and intervene on behalf of his team in a timely manner, and Samad Bahrami (Iran) that if he played he Grants his team a great energy and the instigator and has unlimited enthusiasm
Sam Douglas confirmed that Rasheim beat out all those referring to the importance of a top scorer of the team of Jordan, "Palma’s method does not recognize the single star, to play a priority and performance of collective defense
Great Happiness and Large Thanks
The national team playmaker Douglas Osama Speaking of the "tomorrow": "I am very happy with the euphoria I was very qualified and the starring role Snalb the largest theater in the world, but when it expires joy we have to think, and what then? We need to prepare very high, and when the World Cup I hope that we are an unpleasant surprise for all the teams that play against them, I thank all the people of Jordan, because they trust us and stood with us and special thanks to the players and the technical and administrative
Zain has achieved a big victory on Riyadi 127-71 yesterday in a friendly game which was in Prince Hamzah Hussein Youth City, as a final preparations for the team before the planned travel today to the Iranian capital Tehran for the 13 AFC West Asia of basketball, which is held there during the period of 8 to 14 March.
