Defender”Zenith » Denis Zakharov in a conversation with , he noted that the United League champions are building a new team, and also expressed the view that in the first game of the new VTB League season with UNICS, the Zenit will face a tense fight.
Zenit will face UNICS at home in the first game of the new VTB United League season. The meeting will take place on October 2.
– During the offseason, UNICS kept the backbone of the Russian guys, there was a coach whose system everyone knows and understands. In addition, they signed very high quality legionnaires. The opposing team is ambitious so we expect a serious fight in the upcoming game, we are preparing for this meeting, we will try to show high quality basketball and win. The match will be intense anyway. It is clear that they, like us, are looking for their game. This start to the season can be unpredictable, but, I repeat, above all we will try to show our good game and win,” Zakharov told TV game.
– How many percent now do you think Zenit is ready for the upcoming season?
Well we are looking for our game. During the pre-season [у игроков команды] there was a lot of damage. So far, we’ve only worked together for a month, and it’s not that long. We are building a team from scratch. Yes, we still all have Russian players, but absolutely new Legionnaires. So we try to personalize our game. It’s hard to evaluate all of this in percentages. Despite victories in the Kondrashin and Belov Cups and the United League Super Cup, there is a lot of work to be done.
Is it more difficult to defend a title than to win it?
– It’s true. But again, we try not to think too far ahead. We try to tune each game separately. I said it in the playoffs last season, when we lost 1:3 to CSKA in the final series. Now we are going to build our game in such a way that it is high quality and pleasing to the fans, and as they say, basketball is an unpredictable game. We will do everything in our power and then how it will be.
Source : MatchTV
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