Germany gets the European title in a gripping final. In the final, one stands out in the final who otherwise plays rather inconspicuously. The individual criticism.
First Manila, then Riga: Germany’s basketball players also get the European Championship title two years ago after the World Cup title. Against Turkey, the DBB selection on Sunday made the “double” perfect. The final over the entire season was tight, both teams defended aggressively, made it difficult for the opponent.
Coach Alan Ibrahimagić praised the opponent for a committed performance: “The game was so tight. In the end we have more players with quality, they were decisive.” This is also reflected in the T-online notes. Several players received grade 2, one even got the top grade. You can find the complete individual criticism here or up in the photo show.
There was little to see at the beginning of the game, Turkey started dynamically. Led by star player Alperen Şengün it was 13-2 after less than three minutes. But the German team came back thanks to Isaac Bonga and Franz Wagner. Afterwards there should be no such high deficit.
This always occurred to smaller series, in which each team was able to settle with a few points. In the final phase, Dennis Schröder, who had previously been protected as a shooter, took over, who scored the last six German points and thus brought about the 88:83 final score. Team colleague Daniel Theis praised Magentasport: “I didn’t have a good game, Dennis did not have a good 1, half. In the end everyone played incredibly well. Above all, Dennis hit the litters at the end, so he is MVP of the tournament and captain. He took responsibility and took us to gold.”
Thus, both Theis and Schröder can now call themselves world and European champions. An impressive success.