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Mumbru will be let go from his position after an embarrassing loss to ASVEL last night.

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Valencia Basket were blown off by LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne on Thursday. The game seems to have repercussions for head coach Alex Mumbru.

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According to Spanish journalist Chema de Lucas, Mumbru will be let go from his position.

Valencia have officially confirmed the report, parting ways with the coach. Mumbru's assistant, Xavier Albert, will take over the team at the moment.

Mumbru took charge of the team in 2022 before the club's comeback season in the EuroLeague. Last season, Valencia finished in 13th place. This year, the club is facing an uphill battle to get to the play-in tournament, with multiple other games having to go their way in order to make it.

ASVEL outclassed Valencia from the very first minute and led by as many as 39 points.

"The truth is that I haven't sat down to think about the future. I'm upset about today's game, and I'm sorry and I apologize. We haven't been up to the task of the game. There have been moments when the team was broken and had significant anxiety that caused them to tune out, and we did not look like ourselves," Mumbru said after the loss against ASVEL last night.

Mumbru will already become the 9th head coach to be fired this EuroLeague season after ASVEL, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade, Virtus Segafredo Bologna, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, Zalgiris Kaunas, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, and Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz have changed leadership this year.

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