National team at the European Championship: “Note 1+”: Basketballer on the way to the German Dream Team

Germany’s basketball player really longed for the change of wallpaper. But before the other EM teams went into the sunny riga by charter flight from the often rainy tampers, captain Dennis Schröder made an announcement internally for his sporty intoxicated team.

Five brilliant victories with a total of 164 points difference: All of this is no longer worth anything if the world champion passes a mistake against outsider Portugal on Saturday (2:15 p.m./Magentasport and RTL). “We had wonderful days in Tampere. Now a new tournament begins. We should remain down -to -earth and have to be against Portugal Ready,” said Schröder, who sworn in his colleagues after the relaxed 91:61 against Finland.

Da Silva: “We are superstolz”

The preliminary round in Tampere sometimes looked a bit scary. The victory with 63 points difference against the British broke out various EM records – the highly assessed Lithuanians and Finns were also conquered with great ease. “Our goal was the group victory. We are superstolz. I would give the preliminary round a 1+,” said NBA professional Tristan da Silva.

With the sovereign conductor Schröder, the prospective top star Franz Wagner and a well-established collective, Germany has become a top favorite on EM gold in the preliminary round. Packings such as the European Championship out of Co-captain Johannes Voigtmann (Operation on the knee) or the illness of national coach Alex Mumbru, who could return to the sidelines in the KO round, has so far been easily gone.

Further development according to World Cup title

The Spaniard Mumbru has been represented excellently by his assistant Alan Ibrahimagic in the past few weeks and a half. This should now withdraw into the second row with a perfect record. “The return of Alex is closer every day. It looks pretty good,” said Ibrahimagic about Mumbru, who had been taken to the hospital shortly before the EM start after severe abdominal pain and had to stay there for five nights.

It looks a little better than quite good for German basketball. Although the past few years have already been outstanding with the World Cup title, European Championship bronze and fourth place at Olympics-the team has developed again in terms of sport from Gordon Herbert to Ex-professional Mumbru.

“Gordie was already in the direction – and over time it gets better. The team benefits from the fact that she knows herself for a long time,” said Oscar da Silva when asked whether he could remember a better German national team. So far, weaknesses can hardly be made, a serious sporting test has failed.

When the speaker suddenly researches records

What was the Dream Team around Michael Jordan in 1992 for the basketball-Großmacht USA could be the 2025 European Championship ensemble for Germany: a team that stands out noticeably from everyone else in the association history. Around the farewell of Dirk Nowitzki in the national jersey, the team of the German Basketball Bund initially disappeared in the sinking.

Players and coaches had to declare defeats against Great Britain and Ukraine as well as a embarrassing World Cup against the Dominican Republic. During these times, responsible persons rushed through the press reverse and calculated how many points Germany could lose to reach the next round.

In 2025, the spokesman in the third quarter of the European Championship game against Great Britain (120: 57) wandered with a piece of paper and informs about the highest victories in the association history. Some moments in tampere looked a bit surreal.

Wagner looks forward to changing the location

Transition coach Ibrahimagic did not want to hear too much of premature hymns of praise. The 47-year-old praised the team’s performance, but also said: “A pretty brutal and completely new tournament is pending.”

In addition to this “brutal tournament”, all other title candidates come with significantly larger concerns than Germany. In addition to the world champion, only Turkey, which even defeated Serbia around NBA-Ass Nikola Jokic, remained unbeaten.

The fact that Germany can now meet the highly rated Serbs in the semi -finals should hardly intimidate the basketball players equipped with huge self -confidence. The upcoming change of location was more important than the tournament tree on Wednesday evening. “Nothing against tampers, but it is good to have a different change,” said Wagner.