“Paris Nizhny Novgorod” – a main rival for “Lokomotiv-Kuban” since last season, in the regular season matches of the VTB United League, the Krasnodar team failed to defeat the Nizhny Novgorod team, the red-green defender told Alexander Shcherbenev .
Last season of the VTB United League, Lokomotiv lost to PARIS NN in all four matches of the regular season, but defeated their opponent in the quarterfinals of the playoffs with a total score of 3-0.
On Saturday, the teams will meet in the regular championship of the VTB United League in Krasnodar, the match will start at 15:00 (Moscow time).
— In fact, Nizhny is a fundamental rival for us. Last season we lost to them four times in the regular season. But then we beat them in the playoffs. But in any case, there is a fundamental point from the last championship. And in general, the Nizhny Novgorod team has a good team. Combat, character-driven. So it’s always difficult to play with them. And they have a good coaching staff. We are therefore preparing as seriously as possible. It won’t be easy. We are playing at home and we have to win. We will do everything possible for this. We are preparing for a difficult match.
— Were you surprised by PARI Nizhny Novgorod’s defeats in the last three matches?
– Yes, I was surprised by that. But you should know that our championship is very serious. There are no easy opponents here: everyone can lose to everyone. All this confirms once again that the level of our teams is quite high. I repeat, I was surprised by the failures of the Nizhny Novgorod team in the last matches, but I think that this does not mean anything. Because they will come here hungry for victories and charged as much as possible to improve their positions in the ranking. For our part, of course, we will also try to move up in the ranking,” Shcherbenev told the correspondent.
This season, the Nizhny Novgorod team has won three victories and suffered three defeats in six matches. Lokomotiv has three wins and four defeats in seven matches.
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Source : MatchTV
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