After the surprisingly shattered dream of a second European Cup victory, the Syntainics MBC are mainly frustrated. "The game is of course for nothing. It's so bitter," said Akeem Vargas, referring to the game for third place. Today (5 p.m.), the Bundesliga club will face defending champions CSO Voluntari and, above all, fight for honor.
The premature failure at the Final Four of the European North Basketball League (ENBL), which was held in their own city hall, was anything but planned. The team had finished first in the league phase with a 7:1 victory and had mastered the quarter-finals with ease. However, an 86:89 defeat against Manchester Basketball was the end of the line. The Brits will now face Dziki Warsaw in the final, who had just as surprisingly prevailed against Voluntari.
The MBC had dominated almost the entire game. "When we were 14 points ahead, we were already thinking about the final," said Manager Martin Geissler. And yet his team ultimately had no answer to the aggressive basketball of the English team. Now they want at least one win to finish the season: "Third place would be a success after the big goal of the season was to reach the Final Four."
