Recipe for success CSKA in the last season of the VTB United League – a bold decision by the president of the Moscow club Andrei Vatutin change coaches before the start of the playoffs, the league’s general manager said in an interview with Ilona Korstin .
CSKA became United League champions at the end of the 2023/24 season. Before the start of the playoffs in April, the “red-blues” announced the resignation of Emil Rajkovic from the post of head coach, and Andreas Pistiolis took over the team in his place. Under the leadership of Raikovich, the military team took third place in the regular season.
— Before the start of the season, few people considered CSKA the big favorite. Even less believed in the victory of the army team after the unsuccessful second stage of the regular season. How surprised were you by CSKA’s final success? Did this surprise you?
— CSKA’s victory is above all a victory for the club’s management. I agree that the Army team didn’t seem to be favorites. They played rather inconsistently and finished the regular season in third place, which was below expectations. And in this situation, probably no one could have imagined that CSKA would become champions.
But then, by a voluntary decision of the club management, the coach changes. Of course, it was a risk. And you need to have a lot of courage to take this step. But as they say, he who doesn’t take risks doesn’t drink champagne. CSKA took a chance and drank the championship cup champagne. So, first of all, it is the merit of the club president, who made such drastic changes,” Korstin told .
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