The long break in the VTB United League championship played a cruel joke CSKA in the first half of the match with “Samara “, but during the long break, the army team analyzed the mistakes and turned the tide of the match, the Rouge et Bleu striker told . Semyon Antonov .
On Sunday, CSKA won away against Samara, losing after the first half (40:47). The Rouge et Bleu won with a score of 92:82.
— CSKA had an unsuccessful first half of the meeting with Samara. What were the reasons for this and how did you manage to turn things around after the break?
— I think the long break in the championship played a cruel joke on us. Because we played the last game before that on December 25th. Then there was a short vacation, then a fairly long training process. They probably lost their tone and their rhythm of play. In the first half, this moment was probably missing.
“Samara” again played the match later than us before the break: they played the Russian Cup match again, and they were fitter, took more shots and were one step ahead. During the long break, the coach pointed out our mistakes. We focused on this and, in principle, from the first two minutes of the third quarter we were able to return to the game and in the second half of the match we already controlled the course of the match, played first and forced the opponent. to react to our active actions.
— In the next match you will play away against Lokomotiv-Kuban, who has recently become a very troublesome opponent for you. Fundamental point?
— I think there is no point in remembering last year’s semi-final series with Lokomotiv and our first regular season match this season. We completely missed the first quarter, but were able to get back into the game. “Loko”, yes, has now gained momentum. They assigned themselves roles on the team. Martyuk began to show a very good game. Now Lokomotiv has a match in Saratov, where it is not easy to play – we will watch this match and analyze it, as well as the mistakes we made in the first round. We will work to improve our game,” Antonov told .
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Source : MatchTV
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