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Aito García Renaissance, a 74-year-old Spanish ALBA coach, was infected with the coronavirus, and the media questioned whether the match would be played in the German capital. However, after testing over the weekend, no more infected people were identified for ALBA basketball players, so the match should go according to plan, starting on Tuesday at 9pm Lithuanian time.
In the match against Žalgiris, the Berlin team should be led by one of the AG Renaissance assistants: the Spanish Israel González and the German Sebastian Trzcionka.
“Žalgiris” (9/7) had gotten into great sporting form before Christmas. In the Euroleague, Kaunas won four matches in a row, and in the last one they dramatically broke another German team: Bayern Munich.
At that time, ALBA (6/9) fell into the pits again and lost their last two matches of the tournament with a crushing difference: 69:92 for Panathinaikos of Athens and 62:91 for Real Madrid.
“We wish coach Aito to recover as soon as possible, this is the most important thing before this match,” Kaunas coach M. Schiller said at Monday’s press conference at Žalgiris stadium. – This match will be a test for our defense against a quick attack. It will also be important to qualitatively defend from their pitchers, since ALBA attacks very often from afar ”.
If Marius Grigonis is the undisputed leader of the attacks in Žalgiris this season, averaging 15.1 points and 16 utility points per game, the most prominent person in the ranks of ALBA is the universal tall man, Luke Sikmas of 203 cm of 31 years old, who wins 9.7 points, catches 6 balls and has an average efficiency rating of 14.5.
M. Schiller spoke specifically about L. Sikmas on the eve of the match.
“Sikma is a very creative player, an unconventional heavy forward, through whom team play is often created. So it will be very important for us to control it. You have to try to eliminate his transmissions, limit the field of vision of his painting. It will not be possible to do it in every game, but we must try to do it, ”said the Austrian.
Currently injured sniper Marcus Eriksson scores 10 more points per game for team ALBA, 9.9 – Peyton Siva, 9.7 – Niels Giffey, 9.1 – Simone Fontecchio.
“We had no idea that the match could be postponed because the Berlin team had faced COVID-19 before and would still have players who could compete. It was the advancement of COVID-19 that prevented the Berlin team from playing better at the beginning of the season, and then their results clearly increased, “said Schiller.
Berlin ALBA against Kaunas “Žalgiris”
“During the holidays, we tried to get the players back in shape. Since the match with Utena Juventus was postponed, we had more time to work. There was no need to reload the training sessions, they were of great quality ”, added the strategist.
“Žalgiris” will fly to Berlin today for lunch, in the evening he will have training in the arena where the match will take place.
Everyone from Žalgiris is ready to play in Berlin, except for the injured Steve Vasturi and Patricio Garino.
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