The basketball players of Alba Berlin have lost their first game at the Gloria Cup in Antalya, Turkey. The Berliners lost the opening match of the test tournament against the Euroleague team of Anadolu Efes Istanbul with 64:79 (39:44). The best Alba scorers were Yanni Wetzell with 13 and Khalifa Koumadje with ten points.
For Alba, it was already the second defeat in the third test match. The next match is on Friday against Euroleague opponent Zalgiris Kaunas from Lithuania (6 p.m./Dyn), and the final match is on Sunday against the hosts Tofaş SK. Alba will start the new Bundesliga season at Veolia Towers Hamburg on September 22nd.
Coach Israel Gonzalez had to do without forward Tim Schneider, who had to undergo eye surgery and will be out for several weeks. The Berliners held their own against Anadolu for a long time, but it only became clearer in the last quarter. For Gonzalez, this means that the problems he has had so far in the preseason continue.
“It has not been a good preparation for us so far. We have some physical problems with the players and we cannot train and develop as we would like. That worries me a lot because things are not going as they should,” said the Spaniard.
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