Battles of the Basque Country announced this Monday that Dusko Ivanovic’s contract was terminated “due to the bad run of results and the team’s image”, thus closing his third stage at the helm of the Barça bench after accumulating eight defeats in the last ten meetings between Liga Endesa and Euroleague.
In an extensive statement, the Vitoria entity explains that “the set does not offer the performance that is assumed the squad or the constant fighting attitude that has always characterized this club. “
“It is the obligation of the top managers of the entity to make decisions to urgently change the course and regain the competitiveness that this group must offer and rekindle the illusion of a hobby that deserves to be identified in its players”, continues the press release.
The Barça club recognizes that “lhe circumstances of the season have not been easy, with the arrival of new components called to become benchmarks of the team, the injuries of important men and the little coupling time available due to the compression of the calendar of international appointments, with Olympics and Afrobasket, and the dates of Euroleague and ACB “.
“The results are not as expected and entail this difficult decision“Baskonia explains, while thanking” Dusko Ivanovic with all his heart for his work during all the years on the bench. “
The Baskonia team stresses that the Montenegrin “was key in achieving the last league, just 18 months ago, and it has also been throughout a history of joint work that has forged a special relationship of respect and personal affection.”
The club admits that it has been a “difficult decision” both sports and personal “because of what the figure of Dusko Ivanovic in Vitoria has meant and will always mean” and points out that “greater cohesion is sought to obtain the best performance from each and every one of the players.”
It also makes an appeal to baskonism. “It is imperative that all of us who are involved in the Baskonia cause -club, fans, coaching staff and players-, let us be united and do our best to resume the path of maximum effort and regain the Baskonia character “, concludes the club.
Everything seems to indicate that his substitute will be Neven Spahija that the club already knows, as Radio Vitoria announces. The crotana arrived in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2007 and in his first season at the helm of the Baskonista club conquered the ACB League and the Super Cup, and also led the team to the final of the Copa del Rey and the Final Four of the Euroleague
Neven Spahija
Career as a coach since 2000
Baskonia: 2000-2005
FC Barcelona: 2005-February 2008
Baskonia: 2008-2012
Bosnia National Coach: 2014-2015
Panathinaikos: 2014-2015
KK Buducnost: 2015.
BK Jimki: 2016-2017
Besiktas: 2018-2019
Baskonia: 2019- November 2021
Official statement: Dusko Ivanovic#GoazenBaskonia
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