Players”Lokomotiv‑Kuban » believe they can beat a multiple champion CSKA in the VTB United League semi-final series, the Krasnodar defender told Vladislav Yemchenko .
The score in the series up to four wins based on the results of two games is 1–1. The next meetings will take place in Krasnodar on April 20 and 22.
Nikola Milutinov will not be able to play at CSKA due to an injury suffered in the last match.
– We are happy to have won the last game. Both encounters turned out to be interesting and spectacular. Everything was finally decided. In the first game, of course, it’s a shame that we lost. Nevertheless, they did not give up in the second meeting. Here too we played well and this time luck was already on our side. We have equalized the score, we are very happy. Now there will be two home matches, with their supporters. I analyzed these two games. I hope we will remove the errors and improve the game in attack. We approach these games with the same fighting spirit. Everything is going according to plan.
– Milutinov was injured at CSKA. How serious is this loss for the army?
– Well, in principle, yes, it is serious. Milutinov shows a very good game. I think he’s an MVP contender this season. He is a very important player for the army. But CSKA is CSKA: without Nikola, they also show good basketball. Moreover, on the contrary, they can now play more aggressively: they say, for Milutinov, let’s play even better and more confidently. And so, I wish Nicole a speedy recovery. It’s very disappointing to get injured late in the game.
– Do you have the feeling that you can reach the final of the tournament?
– Certainly. If it had been otherwise, if they had not believed, they would not have wasted their energy and would probably have lost. This is my third year in the Loko main team, and now, for the first time in three years, I walked into the locker room of the military team arena with a feeling of victory! During this time, he never went there happily. Now I have experienced such emotions. We proved to ourselves that we could win such serious matches. It’s the semi-final, it’s very interesting. In any case, we believe in ourselves and that we will succeed, ”Emchenko said in a conversation with .
Watch the live stream of Game 3 of the series on April 20 on Match! Country” and “Match! Game” from 7:55 p.m. (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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