The victories against Parma and Lokomotiv indicate that CSKA has overcome the crisis the team experienced in February and early March, and that things are slowly improving for the “reds and blues”, said the emeritus coach of Russia on . Sergei Elevich.
On Saturday, CSKA defeated Perm Parma at home in a VTB United League match with a score of 96:72. Last week, the army team won on the road against the Krasnodar club Lokomotiv-Kuban in overtime (96:82). Before that, the capital team suffered four consecutive defeats.
— When CSKA and Parma entered the long break, the Army team led by only two points. Why did the Army team win so confidently?
— In general, in this match, CSKA played very well in defense, and then the attack took off. And they “ate” almost the entire selection. The Army team scored three points after the break, which did its job. The army team suffered several attacks which did not allow Parma to recover. There was very good ball movement, it was difficult to react to it. This somehow broke the guests psychologically. It could be due to the theft. Still a difficult exit. CSKA also made a very good acquisition in the person of (Olivier) Hanlan. He looks very good on the field. This is exactly what the team needs.
— CSKA has won two consecutive victories. Can we say that the army team has overcome the crisis it experienced in February – early March, when the team suffered four defeats in a row in the United League?
“I think they are in such dynamics, against the background of which they will already achieve a positive result and will not give up. We can’t do without slowdowns and we must always give the team time to deal with them. I want the bad phase to end. But it seems to me that CSKA is gradually correcting the situation, things are improving for them. I think the club has overcome this decline. We have an interesting fight between CSKA and UNICS for first place in the regular season,” Elevich told .
CSKA occupies second place in the standings of group A of the United League, UNICS is in the lead.
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Source : MatchTV
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