RTL expert awaits hot basketball evening
03.09.2025 15:59 | 1: 27m
The German national basketball team is fighting for the group victory at the European Championship against Co-host Finland on Wednesday evening (from 7:05 p.m. live on free TV at RTL). RTL expert Patrick Femerling expects a hot duel.
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Three victories. A defeat has so far been the host of the host. And we ask our expert Patrick Femerling in Tampere, where the game takes place this evening. Patrick on what kind of opponent has Germany to stand up in the Tampere cauldron tonight?
Definitely on a very motivated one. With Lauri Mark you have a real NBA Star who scored twice over 40 points in preparation, which plays a very good tournament here. You can play very, very big, you are well prepared. With Yantun Kumar and and Murines. The 18-year-old, who is the super talent here in Finland and is acted high for a two-year NBA draft. In this respect, it will be a team that is very motivated. Will play here in front of 13,000 sold -out house and that will certainly not be an easy task, although of course we are favorite.
Patrick We are optimists. And when we look at the tournament tree and assume that Germany will also be a group winner, when will the first really big opponent come?
Yes, well, so if the KO phase is, then you really have to respect every team. They also come to the profit and a good day, a good day may be enough. In the round of 16, it will look like it now, Portugal or Estonia. Then not all games were played. Then in the quarterfinals it can already wait for Spain, Italy. Not everything is said in the group either, but of course there are teams that have a lot of quality, have a lot of experience on international parquet. And you have to call up a hundred percent performance.