AS Monaco Basket: Mitrovic thanked, Obradovic back
“AS Monaco and Zvezdan Mitrovic have, by mutual agreement, decided to end their cooperation,” said the Monegasque club in a press release.
For a few weeks now, coach Z has been struggling with the daily life of his team in the face of players who do not adhere to his collective principles, especially in the defensive plan.
The announcement of his departure is however a big surprise, even if the ASM remains on 5 defeats in the Euroleague and a failure this Sunday in Strasbourg in the league (the Roca Team being 2nd in the Elite classification).
“From Pro B to the highest European level, each page of our history bears the imprint of Coach Z”, indicates the Monegasque club.
“This is a unique example in European basketball: a club and a coach who started their journey from the second division of the National Championship, raised the Eurocup above their heads and then felt the taste of the Euroleague “.
The name of Zvezdan Mitrovic’s successor will be known in the coming hours. It should be the Serbian Sasa Obradovic, currently free and already coach of the Roca Team from 2019 to 2020.
Coach Z, named best coach of the EuroCup last season, arrived on the Rock in 2015, with a break at ASVEL from 2018 to 2020, where he was champion of France before being dismissed by the Tony Parker clan. .