“We will try to reach the playoffs of the United League from first or second place” – Defender of Lokomotiv-Kuban Shcherbenev

Defender “Lokomotiva-Kuban » Alexander Shcherbenev told that the task of the Krasnodar club at the second stage of the VTB United League championship is not to get out of the top three, but the team will do everything possible to reach the playoffs from first or second place.

Lokomotiv-Kuban finished the first stage of the VTB United League championship in third place. CSKA leads the ranking, UNICS is second.

During the second stage of the championship, participants will be divided into two groups. The top six teams based on the results of the first stage will play in Group A. The remaining eight teams will compete in Group B. Then, the top four teams from the second group will compete for the two remaining playoff spots at through playoff matches.

— Overall, we got through the first stage of the championship pretty well. Although we started it, of course, in a disgusting way. Nevertheless, we worked on our mistakes, returned to the path of victory and thus regained our former appearance. If I’m not mistaken, in the last 20 matches we have won 18 times. It is very good. Moreover, considering the fact that they won twice against CSKA and Zenit and once against UNICS. So everything is on track.

But the most interesting things are yet to come. And that’s why we play. It is now very important to move higher in our subgroup. In general, today the league is very strong, all opponents are serious. However, I repeat, we will try to climb even higher in the ranking. This is all real. It would be ideal to finish the regular season in first place. But we must at least stay in third place, and maybe then we will be first or second. We will try to do it. And then, of course, the task is to become champion,” Shcherbenev told .

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