Former striker UNICS and Lokomotiv Kuban Valery Likhodey in a conversation with , he admitted that the exclusion of Russian clubs from participation in the Euroleague and Eurocup was very sad news for him.
Earlier on Thursday, Euroleague Basketball announced that Russian clubs will miss out on next Euroleague and Eurocup season. In March, the Euroleague excluded CSKA, Zenit St. Petersburg and UNICS Kazan from participating in the season and canceled the results of the clubs. Lokomotiv-Kuban has been suspended from participation in the Eurocup.
Of course, this decision was not a surprise. Everyone thought so. Nevertheless, it is very sad that our teams are not playing in these tournaments in the new season, sad news. Sport should be out of politics.
Well, you have to play your championship. Of course, we don’t know now which foreign players will come to us. Nevertheless, I want to believe in the best. We will play the championship according to a new system: two rounds and a group stage. Very interesting. Let’s see how it will look, – the basketball player “” said.
Source : MatchTV
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