President of CSKA basketball club Andrey Vatutine spoke in an interview with about how he perceived the first in the history of the VTB United League that the army team did not reach the final series.
In May CSKA lost in the seventh game of the VTB United League semi-finals against Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban (100:103 OT) and did not reach the decisive phase of the confrontation. Extra time was needed to determine the winner, with the teams finishing the main time with a score of 85:85. Aleksey Shved, who scored 22 points, became the most productive player in the military team.
– It is always unpleasant to lose, but as a rule, it is not possible to win on command. We really wanted to please everyone, during two thirds of the season the quality of the game, the results, the attitude of the guys in the team set up in an optimistic way, but at the decisive moment a good story did not didn’t work. We went too well in the regular season, we believed in ourselves too much. Unfortunately, we lost again in the seventh game: a year ago against Zenit, now against Loko. Apparently, it is worth asking for the experience of hockey colleagues CSKA it really is the kings of game seven.
Of course, it would have been better not to bring him to a life or death situation, but there is no turning back. Over the decades, we have taught everyone that CSKA is not satisfied with any result except the first. In the centenary year, the responsibility increased significantly, and even the majority of fans demanded a rematch for last season. Alas, for the first time many players and coaches found themselves in an unusual environment for them, where there was no room for error. Clearly, the overwhelming level of responsibility at the critical moment proved insurmountable.
Alas, after the defeat, many anniversary events had to be canceled or postponed until the fall. In general, the end of the season turned out to be very difficult, they did not reach the final, then the attack on Shved, the sudden death of the head coach of the “youth team” Predrag Badnyarevich , against which everything fades altogether, Vatutin told .
UNICS Kazan became the winner of the VTB United League in the 2022/23 season. In the match for third place, the army team defeated Zenit.
Source : MatchTV
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