Aito Garcia Reneses shuffles on Wednesday in his inimitable and casual way, through the training hall of Alba Berlin. It can be re-Bundesliga start in Basketball. But his now 72-year-old coach would set the time a few weeks forward when he could. “January is going to be terrible,” he says and grins. The Spaniard says the half-serious, because of course he can look in spite of his rich experience of life in the future. Reneses know, however, that the game plan brings a lot of hardship.
On Thursday received the Berlin in the next round of the Eurocup runners-up AS Monaco (18.30 in the Arena at the Ostbahnhof). After that, you go, the great abroad tour of Alba with tight consecutive Games in Braunschweig, Belgrade, Oldenburg, Vilnius, Bayreuth, Frankfurt, Germany, before the Berlin on 22. To randürfen January, then back home to Vilnius. The reason for the many away games is that Alba’s home ground – in the Arena at the Ostbahnhof – occupied in January, among other things, because of some of the matches that will be played in the Handball world championship-tight.
Siva will probably not says a new addition
“I don’t want to sound whiny”, Alba’s Manager Marco Baldi. “But of course, games charge the away team more than the home games. You underestimated how much energy it costs. The players are tired, especially mentally.“ Added to this is when traveling with a basketball team, the size of their players, like Alba’s Kenneth Ogbe told on Wednesday. “The trips are very exhausting,” he says. “One hopes you are on the plane that you can get seats with legroom by the emergency exits or the front man does not work his seat in the back.”
But who in a busy multi-functional arena, must expect scheduling problems. Does Baldi. “It doesn’t help. We need to come to the edge and look that we are away successful,“ he says. “It is not that we are for the first Time in front of such a Situation.”
playmaker Peyton Siva can at least save yourself the travel. The Americans had moved by the end of December in Training with a knee injury and, according to coach Reneses still “more than a month”. On Wednesday, at least Siva was in the training hall and made the most demanding rehabilitation exercises. Berlin’s hope is that Siva can intervene in the spring in the decisive Season period. A replacement for him should not be required. “Now that the guard Martin Hermannsson and Joshiko Saibou are fit again, don’t think we are in the Moment,” says Baldi.
in Spite of the failure and of the many games in the distance the Manager goes with a lot of Confidence in the new year. “We want to follow in 2019 our track. That is, we want to be closed, and with maximum intensity to occur,“ he says. “Maybe that’s what jumps out then the Big one. But that can be no intent, because there’s a lot to fit in.“
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Alba Berlin Peyton Siva falls with a knee injury for a long time
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For Alba last season, coach Reneses presented, fit pretty much. Only just missed out on a Cup win and championship title. And also this season is progressing so far with 19 Wins in 24 games shiny. If so, 2019 will be just a little bit better than 2018, is expected to Marco Baldi will be very happy. Only once, however, the game against Monaco, and then many kilometers in the car and on the plane.
