CSKA head coach Emile Raikovitch explained how the team beat Zenit in the second game of the last VTB United League playoff.
The meeting, held Sunday in Moscow, ended with a score of 85:61 (16:21, 19:15, 27:18, 23:7) in favor of the owners of the floor.
– In this game, we saw more effort, energy, desire to win. Aside from the tactical changes, this was the key to victory. The score is 1-1, we move to St. Petersburg,” the league press service quotes the coach as saying.
Zenit head coach Javier Pascual said the team didn’t have enough physical strength in this encounter.
– In this game, we fought for about 25 minutes. But physically we had no one to play with, too many injuries. When CSKA led “+6”, the team practically disappeared, all problems arose. I can only congratulate the opponents for their victory,” said Pascual.
The score of the series up to four wins became equal – 1-1. The third and fourth matches of the confrontation will take place in Saint Petersburg.
Watch the live broadcast of the third match on May 10 from 7:25 p.m. (Moscow time) on Match! Country”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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