Mumbrú: “It was almost impossible, but I was confident that we were capable”

Alex Mumbrú, coach of the RETAbet Bilbao Basket, confessed to feeling “very happy” after achieving permanence in the Endesa League after the victory against Joventut
, a feat that “was almost impossible” in the absence of four games, but which he hoped to achieve.

“Win at Fuenlabrada It gave us the emotional boost to face what was coming to us. After losing with Gran canaria 90% of the people saw us descended and turning it around in these games has been fundamental. I totally give the credit to the players, they have been incredible, “he stressed.

Mumbrú He thanked the squad for “confidence in the approach” despite the delicate situation of the team. “We were on the ropes and they trusted. The only way to win three or four games was to believe and they believed,” he said.

The technician also thanked the “management empathy” and among the individual memories he had one for the journalist Jose Manuel Cortizas, passed away by covid last February, and for the mayor of Bilbao Juan Mari Aburto, “which has always been pending.”

“And our fans. We have missed it in a very difficult year. We have felt the 10,000, those who were away and at home, who surely have had a difficult year. joy, “he said.

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