“After the loss to Zenit, Loko must find the way to victory and continue the race for 4th place.” Shcherbenev on the match against PARI NN

The next match with “BET NN” will be for “Lokomotiv‑Kuban “defining in the fight for 4th place in Group A of the VTB United League regular season, the Krasnodar club defender told Alexander Chcherbenev .

Kuban will meet PARI NN on March 12 on their site. Watch the broadcast live on “Match! Country” and “Match! Game” starting at 3:55 p.m. Moscow time.

According to the results of the last matches, the Krasnodar team takes 5th place in the group A standings, the Nizhny Novgorod team is on the 4th line. In the previous round, Loko lost to Zenit with a score of 74:77.

– For your team, the match against Zenit was very difficult. In the end, you only lost three points. What was missing to win?

– Of course, we could win a meeting with Zenit. We had a four-point lead with two minutes remaining, but we were a bit unlucky and maybe something else in our game. Unfortunately, we lost. At the same time, of course, during the game, we lost a lot. Zenit is a very serious opponent. I don’t know, maybe they didn’t connect somewhere, but at some point they beat us in every way, but then we found ways to come back, and everything worked out, but we We barely managed to put pressure on the opponent.

– In the next round, Loko will play away with its direct competitor in the fight for fourth place – BET NN.

— Yes, it is fundamentally important for us to win this meeting. But even if we win, Nizhny Novgorod must also lose in other matches. There are still matches, something can change. But, if we lose now, there can be no question of fourth place.

What is the strength of the “Bottom”? They have a good team game, they have been playing together for a long time. Guys are playing hard. Especially at home. But we are also preparing. After Zenit’s defeat, you have to get back to winning ways and continue the race for fourth place, Shcherbenev told .