Khimki’s head coach Andrey Maltsev explained the reason for the defeat of BET Nizhny Novgorod (57:80) in the Winline semi-final of the Final Four of the Russian Cup.
– I want to congratulate everyone for the start of the Final Four. We opened it. Luck turned away from us today, the Nizhny Novgorod team showed a difference not in class, but in contact (strength) between the VTB United League and Superleague teams. We weren’t ready for the contact allowed by the judges. Luck turned away from us, Nizhny Novgorod punished us. Few scored, but we’ll deal with that.
When we realized that the match could not be saved, we let everyone play to feel the atmosphere of the Cup, ”reports the correspondent of according to the words of Maltsev.
In the final of the tournament, which will take place on March 19 in St. Petersburg, the club from Nizhny Novgorod will play with the winner of the Zenit-MBA pair, who will play their match later on Friday, March 17.
Watch the live broadcast of the “Zenith” – MBA match from 7:30 p.m. (Moscow time) on the “Match! Country”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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