Berlin (dpa/bb) –. Alba needs another win to secure second place in the Bundesliga. But the last two matches were difficult.
Alba Berlin scores his goal in the final stage of the season in the points round of the German Basketball League. Two of their last three league matches must be won in order to safely qualify for the playoffs in second place in the table. The Berlin team achieved its first victory on Tuesday evening, defeating its guest, Telekom Baskets Bonn, with a score of 90:69. “It was a first step. We knew we had to start with it today,” playmaker Martin Hermansson said.
Two matches remaining. Friday at home against league leaders Bayern Munich (8pm) and Sunday at Crailsheim Merlins (3:30pm/both Danes), who are still in the relegation battle. “We still need to win. But both games are difficult. Crailsheim is also still struggling to survive. We can only look from one game to the next,” said sporting director Hemar Ojeda.
That's why the focus is on the Bayern match. This game was canceled in December and will now be rescheduled. The second leg was not held until Sunday, where the Berliners lost 53:77. “We can't get anything positive from the match,” Hermansson said. Therefore there must be great motivation to do better this time. “It doesn't have to be about revenge, but we want to continue to do better,” Ojeda said.
At least Hermansson believes that conditions this time are better than they were before Sunday's disaster. “This was the worst preparation we could have done. Players were injured, others were absent, and some were not able to train for the week. There were a lot of things that were not useful for us,” the Icelander said. With the confident win over Bonn, the team is now back in the game. His rhythm.
In addition, midfielder Khalifa Komadji returned against Bonn after serving his suspension, and gives his team new opportunities under the basket against Bayern. “With him we have another option to reduce their attacking power under the basket,” the sporting director said. The team can also rotate more into bigger positions, giving other players more breaks.
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