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The basketball players of FC Bayern are very angry about the scheduling of the Final Four tournament for the German Cup this weekend in Munich.
Because the first play-off quarter-finals in the Euroleague in Milan will follow next Tuesday, his team is facing a "lose-lose situation", rumored 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 taking place in their own hall to another date, but the BBL refused.
The league is already fighting with a tight schedule in Corona times.
"As a sportsman, it is difficult for me to understand that a team that represents an entire country cannot prepare for the play-offs 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. "
Deadline collision foreseeable
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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 should I say without annoying someone?"
Nick Weiler-Babb (l.), Here in Bayern's Euroleague game against Valencia
Source: dpa / Alberto Saiz
Marko Pesic, managing director of Bayern-Basketballer, had previously said in “Münchner Merkur” that he wanted to “get the best out of the situation”.
Pesic also pointed out: "In the end, it comes at the expense of the health of the players."
Coach Trinchieri was particularly annoyed that this clash 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 ..." emphasized the Italian.