President UNICS Evgeny Bogachev told that he expects a tense match with Zenit in the VTB United League, since the opponent is playing at home and the team will be supported by the stands.
The meeting of the teams of the regular championship of the VTB United League will take place on Sunday in St. Petersburg. The game will start at 16:00 (Moscow time). Last season, UNICS defeated Zenit in the semi-finals of the VTB United League playoffs. Kazan is the current tournament champion. This season, UNICS have won 5 and suffered 1 defeat in six league matches, while Zenit have recorded 4 wins and 3 defeats in seven matches.
— What kind of game do you expect in the match against St. Petersburg?
– Our opponent is one of the strongest teams, they were champions of the United League two seasons ago, they have a very serious budget, a famous coach. Of course, I expect a tense and difficult match, but I’m sure it will be a very interesting match. I can’t congratulate us because basketball is unpredictable until the last whistle of the game.
— What do you think are the advantages of UNICS compared to Zenit?
“It’s spirit and a great desire to win.” Zenit has the advantage of having its own site and the fact that the public will be behind it. Obviously, Zenit has many advantages. And our guys are determined. You always really want to defeat the strong, and these are the strong. We, CSKA, Zenit, Lokomotiv-Kuban, are the four strongest in the championship. And our matches are always interesting, everyone here wants to fight, everyone really wants to win.
But we recently lost to Samara. How did it happen? Hard to say. Underrated?.. And Avtodor beat Samara yesterday. In general, I don’t see any particular benefits before the match. Besides, I repeat, the adversary has his own platform. But our team, our coach, beat Zenit in the semi-final last season. Now the situation is such that at this stage of the championship we don’t know each other yet. In fact, this is just the beginning of the season, ”Bogachev told the correspondent.
Watch the live broadcast of the match on the channel from 3:55 p.m. (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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