Final reached. But just 48 hours after the victory against Chemnitz, the Alba professionals have to play game one against Bayern.
First showdown in the final (best-of-five) of the easycredit Basketball-Bundesliga: Saturday, 8.30 p.m. in Munich (live on Dyn/ Advertisement).
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Those: DYN MEDIA07.06.2024
“There really is a tomorrow. I hadn’t thought about that before,” said an exhausted Yanni Wetzell (28) after the exhausting victory (97:84) in game five against Chemnitz. With an enormous effort in the last quarter, Alba turned around a match that already seemed lost.
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But what can a tired, battered Alba team really do against the rested Bayern, whose last game was six days ago?
Worried before the final: Alba’s sports director Himar Ojeda
Photo: Andreas Gora/dpa
Even Alba’s sports director Himar Ojeda (51) has his doubts: “There are still big question marks for the next few days. We are playing the final without point guards, and Johannes Thiemann is pretty injured. We have no time to rest. There are really a lot of disadvantages.”
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Ojeda is a realist. He knows that his team will probably not be able to repeat a performance like the one against Chemnitz against the strongest team in the league. Especially not three times if they really want to win the championship.
Matt Thomas, Tim Schneider and Malte Delow (r.) celebrate after the victory against Chemnitz
Photo: Andreas Gora/dpa
The Spaniard sounds thoughtful when he says: “We will fight back until the last day. There is not much going in our favor. On paper it probably won’t be enough. And it probably won’t be enough.”
But according to Ojeda, Alba has a good reason to continue to believe in the impossible: “The team spirit has led us to the final. And they (Bayern; ed.) should first prove to us that what we have is not enough.”
Alba coach Israel Gonzalez: “We have to eat, sleep and dream”
Alba’s coach Gonzalez already has the recipe for Munich ready: “We have to get over the pain and tiredness in our heads. We have very little time. We have to eat, sleep and dream.”
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