US News Alba Berlin looking for form: "Very long way to go"

The German basketball champions Alba Berlin are very disappointed after the first two competitive games of the Euroleague season - and there is already a clear realization. “We saw that we still have a long way to go,” said manager Marco Baldi. The opening failure in Tel Aviv was followed by a clear 72:90 defeat against Bayern Munich on Friday evening.

© Andreas Gora / dpa / Archivbild Albas Maodo Lo (l-r) claps with Jonas Mattisseck, Simone Fontecchio and Marcus Eriksson.

Above all, the clarity hurt. “It hurt a lot that we gave the Bavarians very simple baskets. We are actually the team that runs. But we weren't, ”complained international Johannes Thiemann. Everything that has made Alba so strong in recent years is still missing for the Bundesliga club. The double winner gets into the tempo game too seldom, and the processes are too seldom right. «Our strength will always be in the team. But it just takes time to find it. And of course it doesn't get any easier through defeat », said Baldi.

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The matter of course of the previous season has been lost after Alba won all ten games of the final tournament like a real top team and secured the championship. «But that is the past now. We have to deal with the present, ”said coach Aito Garcia Reneses. At the moment the players still have a lot to do with themselves and have to find their role. «We stayed below the possibilities that this team has. But we have to develop them first, ”said Baldi.

There are phases in the Berlin game when things went well. But it didn't work against Tel Aviv or Bayern, and self-confidence was lost. "We have to find a way when we lose our flow so that everything doesn't go down," said Baldi. Coach Aito urged patience. «It is important to know who we are. We know our problems, ”said the Spaniard. Unnecessary pressure should not be built up in the first place. But it is also clear that Alba needs a sense of achievement.

"They will come too and then it will work," said Baldi. The Euroleague will continue with a home game on Tuesday. Then it's against Anadolu Efes Istanbul (8:00 p.m. / Magentasport). The Turks were one of the top favorites for the title last season and were in first place in the table when the season was broken off.

"So it might be a good thing that we can play without pressure," said Thiemann. This season, however, the Turks - like Alba - lost their first two games. They too will be under pressure. "It will certainly not be an easy task," said Thiemann.