Lokomotiv-Kuban basketball player Shcherbenev: “Given the history of the confrontation with Parma, today it was especially important to win”

The victory over Parma is especially important for Lokomotiv-Kuban, the team is happy to have taken revenge for defeats against Perm in the first stage of the VTB United League championship, the Krasnodar defender told . Alexander Shcherbenev.

On Wednesday, Lokomotiv-Kuban won a voluntary victory against Parma in the second stage match of the VTB United League regular season with a score of 89:85 (19:21, 23:24, 20:25, 27: 15). .

— Lokomotiv was inferior to Parma for most of the match. How did you achieve a winning sprint to the finish line?

— Yes, indeed, at one point, we lost 9 to 10 points. Parma is a great team, well played. They have a good technical staff, good foreign players. Everyone there understands their role perfectly. They play pretty hard, and it’s never easy with a team like that. But it’s good that we managed to reverse the course of the match, to impose our basketball on the opponent and to respond to toughness with toughness. At the end of the match, the fans pushed us, their support helped us.

In general, we successfully defended against their leaders in the fourth quarter, played our basketball and acted as a team. It is very important that we start playing harder. This helped turn the tide of the match.

Of course, given the history of our confrontation with Parma this season, today it was especially important to win. We lost to them twice in this championship. We are happy to have taken our revenge. It will now be very important to beat Parma in Perm. Overall, it was a very good win for our team. Including, of course, from a ranking point of view: the leaders continue to win. She will help us a lot.

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