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Munich (AP) - FC Bayern's basketball players are very upset about the scheduling of the Final Four tournament for the German Cup this weekend in Munich.
Because the first playoff quarter-finals in the Euroleague in Milan will follow next Tuesday, his team is facing a "lose-lose situation," said coach Andrea Trinchieri.
Dealing with this double burden is "not difficult, but impossible," emphasized the Bayern head coach.
Munich would have liked to postpone the tournament, which takes place in their own hall, to another date, but the BBL refused.
"As a sportsman, it is difficult for me to understand that a team that represents an entire country cannot prepare for the playoffs in the Euroleague," said Trinchieri.
“I don't understand, I will never understand.
Now I have to deal with it and make the best of it.
But there is no solution. "
The Bayern basketball players will meet ratiopharm Ulm in the cup semifinals on Saturday.
Should they qualify for the final, they would then only have one day to travel to Milan.
"It's a very, very, very, very bad thing for basketball," said Trinchieri.
"What can I say without annoying someone?"
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Managing director Marko Pesic had previously said in “Münchner Merkur” that he wanted to “get the best out of the situation”.
But: "In the end, it is at the expense of the health of the players."
Coach Trinchieri was particularly annoyed that this clash of dates was foreseeable due to the strong season in the European premier class.
He would have understood if Bayern had been beaten for months and only achieved the knockout places with a splendid final sprint.
"But we were between three and eight for six months ..." reminded the Italian.
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