Israel Gonzalez, the head coach of Alba Berlin, spoke after his team’s defeat to Barcelona away in the EuroLeague 26th round.
The German representative in the elite competition was only competitive in the opening quarter. Afterwards, they suffered a debacle and endured a convincing defeat with a score of 93:77. The home team’s lead was at times more than 30 points.
The only bright spot in this match was German center Tim Schneider, who scored 14 points. Johannes Thiemann, the team’s leader, spent only 15 minutes on the court, and after it became clear that the Blaugrana squad would convincingly triumph, coach Israel Gonzalez gave him the opportunity to rest for the upcoming commitments in the Bundesliga and the German Cup, where they will compete for their first trophy of the season.
“Barcelona primarily played a great defensive game, and only then did they focus on offense. They constantly changed defenses, to which we didn’t have a prepared response. Alba is a very young team, and it’s expected that we’ll have many ups and downs during games. It’s time for us to learn and progress, and the fact is that we didn’t show our best against Barcelona in Blaugrana,” said Israel Gonzalez.
This was the 21st loss in the current part of the competition, leaving Alba Berlin with a record of 5-21. Alongside them at the bottom of the table is Asvel, which has an identical win-loss ratio.