After two defeats in home matches of the VTB United League, a victory over Lokomotiv-Kuban is very important psychologically for CSKA, the defender of the Reds and Blues told . Ivan Ukhov .
On Monday, CSKA won the home match of the second stage of the VTB United League championship with a score of 86:73. Before the big break, the army team was 8 points behind the opponent. The hosts won the third quarter with a score of 32:16.
— What helped you turn the tide of the match with Loko and play the second half of the match brilliantly?
“Actually during the break we just discussed our game plan, which we didn’t really implement before the break. And in the second half of the match, we approached Lokomotiv with a different playing energy. We had enough games where we were leading and then they caught up with us. This time the situation was reversed and we tried to play as much defense as possible and find our free throws. We found them and finally scored. I have to say that in some matches we made a lot of mistakes and because of that we couldn’t come back into the match. But today it was possible. Our defense was the key to the victory.
— Were there any harsh words from Raikovitch during the match break?
– Let’s not reveal all the secrets. Of course we have had conversations, but it will remain in our locker room.
— This victory at the end of the regular season is probably of great importance for the tournament?
— This victory is also very important in the sense that there have been defeats in the last two matches. Somehow we didn’t realize the game plan. We seemed to come back into the match against Zenit, we were leading, but we could not take the match to victory. This victory is therefore also very important psychologically. It was necessary to reverse this unfortunate situation,” Ukhov told .
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Source : MatchTV
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