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Berlin (dpa / bb) - Less than nine hours after the 90:84 success after extra time at Red Star Belgrade, the Alba Berlin team made their way back to the airport at dawn.
Due to the pandemic, a stopover in Frankfurt was necessary to get from Belgrade to Greece.
There Alba will meet Panathinaikos Athens on Thursday (8 p.m., MagentaSport) and will have to defy injuries and travel stress again.
Alba's victory in Belgrade showed what happens if this succeeds.
After three, mainly offensively weaker quarters, they managed to mobilize all their strength again from the middle of the final quarter and finally turn the game around in extra time.
«It was a fight.
Roter Stern played very well and made it difficult for us, »said top scorer Maodo Lo (21 points).
To win this game anyway was "great".
The next big European name is now waiting for Alba in Panathinaikos.
“You didn't have the best start to the season, but are now playing very well.
They are particularly dangerous at home, ”says Albas Luke Sikma.
The fact that Alba travels to Athens after seven games in December with a Euroleague winning streak of three games is proof of the good character of the team: "We try to give everything in every game, despite injury problems and the crazy schedule."
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A fact that Himar Ojeda is also happy about: "It shows the spirit and solidarity that our team has," said Albas sports director.
The good attitude is a prerequisite for Alba, despite adverse circumstances, having made the turn after a bad start to the Euroleague season.
After just one win from the first six games, the Berliners are now with a balance of 6: 7 and in the table in twelfth place - three places ahead of Panathinaikos.
Euroleague table
ALBA Berlin squad