“It wasn’t easy after two defeats. It’s good that in the match against MBA we were able to take the path to victory” – Lokomotiv Defender Shcherbenev

Victory over MBA during a home match of the VTB United League helped “Lokomotiv-Kuban “Relieve the emotional burden after two defeats at the start of the season, the Krasnodar defender told Alexander Shcherbenev .

Lokomotiv-Kuban defeated MBA with a score of 79:71 on Monday in the United League match. It was the first victory of the Krasnodar team in the new season. At the start of the championship, the “red-greens” were beaten by UNICS and Parma.

— It was far from an easy game. The MBA is basically a tough opponent. They have a good selection of basketball players and coaches, so it’s always quite difficult with them. I remember that last season we didn’t find the keys to the Muscovites’ game and we lost. Generally speaking, we were very serious about this match, especially after such an uncertain start. After two defeats at the start of the season, they had to re-educate themselves.

As expected, the match turned out to be intense. But we behaved more confidently than our opponents at the end of the match and were able to win.

— Can we say that after this victory, the emotional burden was lightened?

– There is such a thing. It doesn’t mean anything, but we won and we hope we continue on the right track and at the right pace. It was of course unpleasant after two defeats. It’s true. So we had to change our minds a little and take the path to victory. It’s good that we did it. Next we will have a meeting with Uralmash – also a difficult opponent. So we will prepare and do everything to continue winning. Because we still have to win almost all the matches,” Shcherbenev told the correspondent.

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