Before “Zenith” Sergei Karasev said that the Saint Petersburg club managed to defeat the capital CSKA in Group A of the second leg of the VTB United League due to his character.
The match in Moscow ended with the score of 90:86 in favor of Zenit. CSKA ended their 24-game winning streak, the club lost for the first time in the VTB United League in the 2022/23 season.
– Of course, I have a lot of emotions right now. Thank you to the fans who came to support us. Thank you CSKA fans for this wonderful atmosphere. I think that with such games we popularize basketball in Russia. It’s very good that people come to the games and write us comments after the games. Zenit are improving with every game. We have had changes in the team which have been beneficial to us. Today we were a single team that made the final in 2022.
– What has changed compared to the last game against CSKA?
– Character. It’s the only one we’ve added. Of course, there were changes in tactics, new players arrived… We acted as one team, we fought for each other, and it gave results.
– Were you afraid of missing the victory at the end?
– To be honest, I was sure of victory because of the way we bit our teeth, as well as our mood.
– Can we say that the champion is back?
No, it’s too early to talk about it. We are moving step by step and getting back to the level we need to show,” Karasev said on MatchTV’s All for the Match!
Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the federal channel and other holding channels, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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