National team at the European Championship: Temporary boss: Ibrahimagic drives record basketball players

When Alan Ibrahimagic returns to the hotel from the games of the European Casketball Championships in Tampere, he is already eagerly awaited. Germany’s long -term coach then discusses in the so far successful days with his boss Alex Mumbru, who was in a Finnish hospital for almost a week after severe abdominal pain (“acute abdomen”) – but the German national team was in the very best hands.

Assistant Ibrahimagic, who became the boss overnight, drives Dennis Schröder and Co. to record at the European Championship. “I am proud of the team as they appear,” said Ibrahimagic after the brilliant 120: 57 against Great Britain. The 63-point success has been the highest European Championship victory since 1969, the clearest success of a German team in EM history and the highest number of points of an EM team in 30 years.

Wagner: “Alan is one of my favorite people”

While national coach Mumbru continues and works on a comeback, Ibrahimagic should also be responsible for the group finals against host Finland on Wednesday (7.30 p.m./RTL and Magentasport) on the sidelines. The Tampere cauldron with almost 13,000 fans is about first place – but after four wins with a total of 134 points, there is no doubt about a German group victory.

Ibrahimagic is popular with the players and in the team. “Alan is one of my absolute favorite people. Top level when it comes to the coach, but also as a person. He has a totally good feeling for team dynamics and relationships,” the injured Moritz Wagner described in magenta. Ibrahimagic was a coach of U-National teams for years and recently collected medals with the generation around Hannes Steinbach and Christian Anderson.

Turbo basketball à la Mumbru

The 47 -year -old coach with roots in Bosnia and Australia simply implements his knowledge from the junior area with men – and is almost incredibly successful. “Alan makes it great. He gave us a lot of confidence,” said NBA-Jungstar Franz Wagner. On the parquet, Ibrahimagic has the turbo basketball planned by Mumbru: to be at the front quickly, complete it early.

That works. “We ran away,” said Oscar da Silva after the gala against Great Britain – the attribution would also have fitted to the first three dominant victories against Montenegro (106: 76), Sweden (105: 83) and Lithuania (107: 88). On the first six EM days, three other teams cracked the 100-point brand-Germany alone succeeded four times.

Mumbru has been back from the hospital since Saturday evening – and, in his own words, is aiming for a comeback on the sidelines in Riga. He saw the German games from the bedside. “I am pleased that the team has so far performed so well and I am closely linked to the coaching staff, which I have full trust,” said the Spaniard. For him, it should be the first tournament as the successor to World Champion coach Gordon Herbert.

Ibrahimagic does not come vain therefore

Ibrahimagic is almost a little uncomfortable for himself. After the record victory against the British, the boss seemed almost grateful that the players stood on the microphones in the interview zone – so he was able to sneak through it. He now moderates the daily press conferences with ease.

The medial hype is not the currency of Ibrahimagic, which is unpretentious and not at all vain. To the solution after the Mumbru fright, he commented: “So far we have done everything in the team. I feel as if we do it together. One has to stand there, that’s me.” Ibrahimagic, it works, is happy and grateful when Mumbru decreases this load again.