Dennis Schröder with emotional words to his trainer

Special thanks after the final entry

Germany captain emotional: “Fits like the fist on the eye”

Germany is in the final of the SEM basketball. After the victory over Finland, Dennis Schröder also addressed his coach.

Finland twice won twice: The German basketball players are in the European Championship final after the 98: 86 victory. It is already the most successful era in German basketball. After the success and the already safe medal, a lot of celebration did not want to arise. “We are not ready, the focus is on Sunday. We can look forward to it briefly,” said assistant coach Alan Ibrahimagic in Riga.

The team around NBA star Franz Wagner and DBB captain Dennis Schröder made the first German European Championship final in 20 years-at that time there was silver for ex-professional Dirk Nowitzki and his team. “Finaaale !!!”, Nowitzki wrote on Friday after the sovereign victory over the Finns at X.

Schröder added: “Getting into the final is the best feeling. We did a good job and checked the game.” Now the team wanted to “win another game to get the gold medal”. The German basketball captain also expressed his thanks to the physically stricken national coach àlex Mumbrú: “That he is still sitting here and shows this strength-he is a family for me. His system and how he plays is fascinating. It is very difficult to stop. It fits the eye for our team,” said Schröder.

Mumbrú had suffered an acute abdomen shortly before the start of the European Championship and was taken to the hospital in Tampere. This is an emergency situation that requires immediate medical treatment. It mostly manifests itself in violent abdominal pain.

In the round of 16 against Portugal, he had already returned to the sidelines. But the 46 -year -old Spaniard still seemed struck. On Monday, Mumbrú said that during the games he handed over his chief role to assistant Alan Ibrahimagic because he was not 100 percent fit. For Mumbrú, who took over from world champion coach Gordon Herbert in the previous year, it is the first big tournament with Germany.

In a memorable press conference, the professionals, who are closed behind the Spaniard, underlined their solidarity with Mumbrú after his illness. One has to recognize what the national coaches perform for an “insane performance” by being with the team at all, Maodo Lô said on behalf of the entire team.

Like the Golden Generation of Spain, Germany can cope with the union of world and European championship titles on Sunday. “I am incredibly happy, incredibly proud of the team. We have reached our minimum goal – the minimum goal was that we have a medal,” said Center Daniel Theis.

On Sunday (from 8 p.m. in the T-Online Livetecker), Germany will play a European Championship final for the first time since 2005. At that time, the team led by Dirk Nowitzki clearly lost against Greece. Schröder and Co. can make the second EM title perfect in Riga after 1993.