President of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) Andrei Kirilenko in a chat with , he admitted he didn’t rule out winning “Zenith” above CSKA in Game 5 of the VTB United League bronze medal playoff.
On Monday, CSKA Moscow basketball players beat Zenit St. Petersburg on home soil in the fifth game of the United League third place and won the tournament bronze medals. The meeting ended with the score 82:79 in favor of the army team, the series score became 4-1 in favor of CSKA.
– Did you expect CSKA to win the bronze series so quickly?
The series as a whole was very stubborn. Almost every match ended with a difference of 2-3 points. So we can’t say that it’s an easy series for CSKA or that Zenit didn’t fight. Absolutely equal teams were on the field. And today was just a very uphill struggle. To be honest, I thought Zenit would bring this series back to St. Petersburg, Kirilenko told .
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Source : MatchTV
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