The next sensational success of Bayern Munich's basketball players against the great FC Barcelona presented coach Andrea Trinchieri with a problem.

“I'm not good at enjoying good performances.

I don't know how to deal with the situation.

Hopefully more than a good bottle of wine will help me," said the Italian on Friday evening after his team's coup.

Thanks to a defensive masterpiece, the German top team had worn down the Catalan star ensemble 59:52 - and equalized in the best-of-five series in the playoff quarterfinals of the Euroleague to 2: 2.

On Tuesday in Barcelona, ​​as in the previous year, the Munich team will fight against Milan in a decisive fifth game for a German team to make it into the Final Four for the first time.

The dream is alive.

In eighth place in the main round, FCB went into duels with the Spanish pole position team led by former NBA pro Nikola Mirotic as a blatant underdog.

But the gala performance in the hall, which turned 6,500 fans into a madhouse on Friday, leads Munich directly into the "maw of the shark".

This is how Trinchieri described the Herculean task that awaits FCB.

Fear?

none.

After all, the Trinchieri squad has already impressively demonstrated how victories in the Palau Blaugrana work.

"Now anything is possible," said forward Augustine Rubit.

"If your team responds like that in a do-or-die game, the sky's the limit," Trinchieri said.

In the first quarter, the Spaniards had taken only twelve points.

Bayern, on the other hand, played consistently under the basket and were six points ahead after ten minutes.

In the second round, the Munich team did better, defended wisely and went into the dressing room with an eleven-point lead.

"Nobody would have believed us capable of that," said FCB President Herbert Hainer and spoke of one of his most beautiful basketball evenings.

In the third quarter, Barcelona only had nine points thanks to a still outstanding Munich defense.

Bayern therefore extended the lead to 50:34.

Only in the final phase did the top favorite get simple baskets – too late.

According to their coach, Bayern have no chance in the decider on Tuesday.

"But not having a chance is a chance," said Trinchieri.

The key will be "to match the physique of the Spaniards," explained the 53-year-old.

“We should go there and look the Barça players in the eye.

Not on the shoes.”