Watch about captain Benzing: Gießen 46ers before a decisive home game

Watch about captain Benzing: Gießen 46ers before a decisive home game

The basketball fans of the Gießen 46ers look excitedly at the upcoming home game against the EPG Guardians Koblenz. On Saturday evening, the last duel in 2024 for the 46ers in the 2nd Bundesliga was pending after the team had to take a bitter defeat against Tübingen recently. Robin Benzing, the captain of the team, continues to fight with a finger injury and had to stop training this week. His comeback against Koblenz remains uncertain what has significant consequences for the strategy of the team of coach Frenki Ignjatovic, since Benzing usually plays a decisive role in rotation, as giessener-allgemeine.de reported.

Benzing back in Gießen

Good news, on the other hand, come from Robin Benzing himself, who has returned fresh from Uruguay and has now signed a two -year contract with the Gießen 46ers. The national team's 34-year-old ex-captain enthusiastically commented on the association's ambitions to reach the first division. "I will be happy to give everything in the east hall for the next two years," said Benzing according to Kicker.de . After a successful time at Club Atletico Penarol in Uruguay, Benzing brings plenty of international experience, even if he is no longer nominated in the national team after he had to hand over his captain's position to Dennis Schröder.

The Gießen 46ers urgently need a win to stick to the playoffs in the table race. The upcoming game is viewed as a “compulsory victory”, especially since Koblenz and the 46ers are in a direct struggle for important points. The weaknesses on the defensive were considerable against Tübingen and urgently need to be parked. The focus is now on the top scorer of the Koblenzer, Taurus Ramon Cockfield, whose standstill could be decisive for the success of the 46ers.