Basketball player MBA Yevgeny Valiev named the reasons after the defeat of “Zenith” in the “Final Four” semi-final match, Winline of the Russian Cup said that his team’s third-place match would be akin to the final.
The meeting between Zenit and MBA in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 87:77 (17:11, 19:22, 19:29, 32:15) in favor of the owners of the floor.
– It’s a shame we couldn’t beat Zenit. The late game opponent had more desire, I’d call it that. On offense and rebounds, he did better than us. They have a little more experience, which also affected.
— Will you stay motivated in the match for 3rd place?
— For us, this is the first Final Four and there is an opportunity to win a medal. So bronze, if we win it, will be akin to gold. At the same time, I would not want to leave St. Petersburg without a medal, ”reports the match television correspondent, in the words of Valiev.
In the final of the tournament, Zenit will play with BET Nizhny Novgorod. Watch the live broadcast of the match on March 19 from 1:55 p.m. (Moscow time) on the channel, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Watch the broadcast of the match for third place, in which Khimki and MBA will play, starting at 10:55 a.m. (Moscow time) on Match! Country”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV

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