President UNICS Yevgeny Bogachev told that one of the key factors in the match between Kazan and CSKA will be psychology, noting that before the match with the army team the current champion is experiencing personnel problems.
CSKA and UNICS will meet in the VTB United League match in Moscow on February 4. The game starts at 2:00 p.m. CSKA leads the ranking, UNICS is second.
– The opponent is very strong. We have some problems before the game: not all the players are healthy now, so the bench is a little small. Of course, I won’t say who it is. Maybe CSKA has the same difficulties – I don’t know these subtleties.
Once again, CSKA is the strongest team. There is a desire to defeat it. But, of course, this match does not particularly affect the championship: at the end of the first stage, the army team will be first, we will be second. The main fight will begin from the second stage, starting February 10.
I think the opponent’s Russian players are a little stronger than ours. For example, they have a very experienced Antonov, Dmitry Kulagin noted, Zaitsev is also trying.
Our advantages over the army? How can I reveal our secrets? Let’s look at the atmosphere. Sometimes the ring does not accept the ball. Sometimes the best players just can’t make free throws. Either a good percentage of hits or not so much.
In the next match, a lot will depend on psychology. The atmosphere must be great. If we had this in Kazan, the atmosphere in front of our spectators would be better. But in Moscow, it’s a shame there aren’t enough spectators. CSKA plays at home – the spectator will become the sixth participant in the match as part of the army team. Nevertheless, we are sending a bus with our fans to this match. Some team supporters will travel by train. So we will always have support.
Of course, I am optimistic about the next match. I want to win. Andrei Vatutin and I are both friends and adversaries. So, as they say, Plato is my friend, but the truth is dearer. So after the match we will see where the truth will be – CSKA or us,” Bogachev told .
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Source : MatchTV
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