“Milutinov and Shved are two key positions at CSKA. Much will depend on how UNICS handles them.” – Eremin

The success of UNICS in the match against CSKA will largely depend on what the team can oppose to the army chiefs — Alexei Shved and Nikola Milutinov, considers the assistant to the president of the Kazan club, honored coach of Russia Stanislav Yeremin.

UNICS and CSKA will meet in the United League regular season game on December 4 in Kazan. CSKA leads the standings with 13 wins in 13 games. UNICS have won 12 out of 13 encounters, losing one game to the army team, and are in second place.

– It seems to me that we now have a key game at this stage. Because we lost against CSKA in Moscow. And that happened, probably, mainly because we weren’t complete. We now have a number of injured players back, and I hope they help, even though they have recently returned.

In my opinion, one of the key factors in the game against CSKA will be how we deal with Milutinov, who is playing superbly in the United League now and dominating in this position. So a lot will depend on the tactics our coaching staff chooses. Secondly, I don’t want to offend CSKA’s starting lineup (the army team has a lot of great players), but Shved has a key position. If he catches his game, he himself can cause a lot of problems for the opponent and create good situations for partners. If these two players will be difficult to manage, as was the case in Moscow, then immediately there will be an opportunity for a relaxed game for the rest of the army. And they can be productive and brilliant in the game. But, I repeat, in my opinion, Milutinov and Shved are two key positions at CSKA. The game of these basketball players today requires not only strong defense individually, but for the whole team to help, work to deal with it,” Eremin told .