BBL: Brose Bamberg demonstrates strength in debut of Luca Banchi

The first victory as a signal to the competition: Luca Banchi (52) was completely satisfied after a highly sovereign appearance of Brose Bamberg at the 90:67 victory at ratiopharm Ulm.”I would like to thank my players and my assistant coaches who helped me to arrive in such a difficult situation in Bamberg,”said the new head coach of the German champions after his premiere in the Bundesliga.

Banchi was on the 3rd. March as successor of the long successful Andrea Trinchieri. Banchi’s job now is to lead the previously stumbling serial champion into the play-offs in the most promising position possible,”All people in Bamberg have the right attitude and the strong will to win games,”Banchi said after his league premiere.

Managing Director Rolf Beyer had already shown himself to be confident about the personalie Banchi before the important duel against his direct competitor, Beyer told the SID:”We only wanted to sign up one coach if it really suits us,”said Beyer:”The basic attitude is that the season is not over yet,” Bamberg has now advanced to seventh place.

On Friday, Banchi’s first appearance with the Franks in the EuroLeague on Friday, he suffered a defeat at the Greek top club Olympiakos Piraeus (79:87). Bamberg is on the brink of failure in the royal class.