The German basketball players defy the early start of the game at the European Championship and drive against Sweden the second confident victory. You have to go to work similarly to Lithuania, on Saturday (30.08.2025, 12.30 p.m.), the expected final is about group victory.
To the Hotspots The “Kauppahalli” belongs in Finnish tampere: in the old market hall there are a variety of cafes and bistros, it is also the best place for local specialties: filled dough bags, reindeer meat or – for the adventurous – Mustamakkari – the Finnish bloodwurst, which is traditionally served with cranberry jam.
Half the city meets here for lunch. However, if you wanted to make it for the game of the German basketball players in the arena of Tampere on Friday, it was scarce for you: the game against Sweden started at 1.30 p.m. local time.
Unusually earlier game start – DBB team nevertheless wide awake
The unusually early Tip-off In the previous days, the DBB team also employed. For the players, the attitudes are rather unpopular at noon, confirmed coach Alan Ibrahimagic, who continues to represent the sick national coach Alex Mumbru. Dennis Schröder found that, as a world champion, you could have got better times – and thus opened the topic of lack of respect. In fact, the DBB team only goes to the floor in the preliminary round of Tampere: for the preliminary round against Finland.
To make matters worse, the team was torn out of sleep by a fire alarm in the hotel the night before the game. Schröder and Co. were still wide awake against Sweden right from the start and started with a lot of intensity – as if they wanted to show the organizers again that they were actually in the Prime time belong. Especially on the defensive, they showed a lot from the beginning, this was also one of the explained requirements of coach Ibrahimagic after the start of the start in the first game against Montenegro.
The Mumbru deputy had set the team excellently on the Swedes. After a lightning start and an early 8-0 lead, the coach took out the depth of the squad early in the game. The brothers Tristan and Oscar da Silva came from the bank in the first quarter and stood together on the floor.
Schröder early on the bench, Lo takes over
Spielmacher Schröder got two controversial fouls, including a technical one, and had to pause earlier than planned. For this, Maodo Lo glossed the direction: again and again the Berliner attacked the Swedish defensive, preferably against the unfortunate, somewhat hip -stiff Swedish giant Mattias Markusson. In the end, Lo had 13 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds in the boxcore, and also did not do a single false throw.
The 32-year-old is one of the (again) discoveries at this European Championship. The world champion seems to be tied to his old form in the DBB dress in Tampere after he was hardly used at the Olympic Games last year under coach Gordon Herbert. At Mumbru and his deputy Ibrahimagic, both of whom rely on greater rotation, he feels more trust again: “I now have the responsibility that I usually had in the national team.”
The playmaker also made the 100 points full of four minutes before the end, in the end there was a sovereign 105:83 success, and with it the second High scoring game of the German team at this European Championship. The limited Swedes, whose squad offers far fewer options, could never seriously put the German team in danger.
Focus on “Group final” against Lithuania
After the loosely played second victory at the European Championship, the focus quickly focused on the task against Lithuania already up on Saturday. The anticipated final of the group victory, which is also due again at noon, is coming 24 hours after the game against Sweden. The Lithuanians, who followed their game to the DBB team and defeated Montenegro with 94:67, remains even less time to regenerate.
With a victory against Lithuania, the German basketball players had already won the extremely important direct comparison in the end. This is now also the goal, said Coach Ibrahimagic in the Sportschau interview: “The group victory would be extremely important.” In the cross group, Serbia, Turkey and host Latvia, played three extremely strong teams, according to Ibrahimagic, who could only be avoided as a group leader.
Maodo Lo is looking forward to the game, not only because he will play Kaunas at the Lithuanian Euroleague Club in the new season. Lo has already been celebrated in Tampere by the numerous Lithuanian fans in the hall. “I always enjoy playing against Lithuania. They are games at the highest level. And a special atmosphere, Lithuania has a strong fan base “, said lo. He still has the last meeting, at the EM 2022 in Cologne. The Lithuanian fans also shape the street scene in Tampere, for the DBB team it should be an away game this time.