“CSKA showed in the match against MBA that they can play both well and ugly” – basketball player Kurbanov

In the opening match of the new season of the VTB United League against MBA, CSKA showed that it was able to demonstrate both a great game and an ugly game, the Army striker told . Nikita Kurbanov .

CSKA defeated MBA at home on Saturday with a score of 76:72 in the opening match of the United League.

— CSKA was confidently leading, but lost the initiative at one point and it seemed that MBA was about to win this match. How to explain all these twists and turns?

– It’s the start of the season. The first match turned out to be a disaster. The MBA showed character and we may have relaxed somewhere. In this game we showed that we can play well, creating a 20-point lead, and we also showed that we can play badly, revealing it. But through mistakes we learn and become better.

After such matches, it is important to analyze the errors and identify the causes of mini-failures so that this does not happen again in the future. It is the process of forming a team and a team. Because in the offseason we changed a large number of players. The process of reaching mutual understanding takes longer than during preseason training camps. There will of course be problems. We must react to this correctly and draw the right conclusions.

—According to my personal feelings, is this team ready to fight for the championship?

– How should I respond? Should I say no, that I should play for fifth place? You know very well that CSKA’s goal is to play in the final. It may turn out to be a successful season, or it may not… Every team wants to be champions. So the goal is the championship, and then how things will unfold,” Kurbanov told .

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