Sports/ru / Basketball Striker “Zenith” Sergey Karasev did not rule out that the team’s head coach Javier Pascual could deliberately cause his withdrawal at the end of the third quarter of the decisive seventh match with CSKA (81:75, 4- 3 in the series). This victory brought the club from St. Petersburg the first championship in its history.

“It played a role. I think he prepared it. It motivated the team and we mobilized even more,” Karasev told Sport-Express.

Recall that the “Zenith” managed to win the series, losing during it 1-3.

The Army team did not win the tournament for the first time in 11 years. After the match, CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis announced his resignation from the club.