Review of a dramatic "final four":
The first semi-final between Champville and Sagesse ended as predicted 3-0 in favor of Champville . Fadi el khatib's teammates dominated the series , and Ghassan Sarkis admitted : " Its good to have an easy serie like this one , so we can work harder in the training , and prepare serenely the final " Marcus Haislip also showed good performances for his first games with Champville.
The other serie was comletly different.
After a surprising win at Manara Anibal took off the home advantage from Riyadi. But Fouad abou chakra's team answered very fast helped by a very big Ismail Ahmad performance wich gave his team the win in Zahle . This game was a turning point in the series . The attitude of Anibal fans was very negative , and so where Riyadi's fans in the game 3 : a war between the fans was clearly declared. Riyadi won the game 3 at manara and have now the chance to clinch their place in the final in Zahle . Before the game , there was rumours that the game might be played without fans inside the stadium . But the federation comfirmed that the fans were allowed to enter the stadium. Before the game anibal zahle president had a speech infront of the crowd , saying that the fans must respect the players and the teams and avoid swearing in the stadium . The game was at a very high level with a bit of aggressivity . Anibal won the game by 12 pts . After the game Isamil ahmad , exhausted by Anibal fans words , critisised openly and insulted the federation for this carelless attitude . Because of all these incidents , the game five was posponed two time before the federation decide that no fans will be able to attend the stadium and Ismail Ahamd is suspended do to impulsive attitude . These decision were cristisised by ones and approved by other but it was the final decision of the federation . These decisions were clearly unfair according to riyadi's president so he decided that riyadi won't play the match and anibal won (20-0 by forfeit).The Final : Anibal vs Champville
Just 2 days after the canceled game against Riyadi , the outsiders Anibal are in Dik El Mehde for the game 1 . Helped by his magic trio Rodrigue Akl , Jay Youngblood , Leroy Hurd and the clinical Charles Tabet Anibal snatches the win against an average champville team . GAME 2: Marcus Haislip , the ex-nba player , the most expensive player in the lebanese league history proved in this game all his quality . Scored 26 pts ( almost all of the from behind the arc) , he delivered a huge performance and gave back the home advantge to his team . The game 3 was largely dominated by Champville ( 103-79) So Ghassan Sarkis's team have now the chance to become the first team other than Sagesse and Riyadi to win the league ! After a very tight game and great performance from Fadi El Khatib who declared before the game : " I want to win this title with Champville , I was wainting for this since I came here . I love the team , the fans, the staff , it's a wonderdul team and it will be nice to win the title today in zahle" , Champville took the lead over anibal to win the game and bring the league title home .
It's the end of an era in lebanon's basketball. We have a new champion!
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