The head coach CSKA Emile Raikovitch declared that the absence Alexei Shved And Artem Komolov affected the team’s performance in the first game of the VTB United League bronze medal series with “Zenith” .
The meeting took place in Moscow on Friday, the army team lost with a score of 68:86. The Moscow club played without defender Alexei Shved, victim of an attack on May 1. The player received a head injury with skull bone fractures and brain contusion.
– First of all, congratulations to Zenit. We failed to show a normal game. The absence of Shved and Komolov had its effect, just as the team is in a bad psychological state after the defeat in the semi-finals. Nevertheless, we need to find a way to cope with the circumstances and be diligent on the site, – the correspondent reports Raikovich’s words.
The score of the series up to four wins was 1-0 in favor of Zenit.
The second game will take place on May 7 in Moscow. Watch the live broadcast from 13:55 (Moscow time) on the Match! Game”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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