“A good opportunity to test the strength of young players.” Former coach of the Russian national basketball team – about the Friendship Cup

The Friendship Cup will be reserved for the head coach of the Russian national basketball team Zoran Lukic a good opportunity to try out game patterns and test young players, former Russian national team coach Sasha Gruich told .

The Fonbet Friendship Cup will be held in Perm from August 21 to 25. Teams from Russia, Venezuela, Colombia, as well as Perm “Parma” will take part in the tournament. First, the teams will compete in a round-robin format. The final match and the match for the third place will take place on Sunday.

— RBF and Zoran Lukic pay great attention to supporting and developing young players in order to raise them to the highest level. Lukic is now preparing the team for the future. Zoran is now on the right track, rejuvenating the team. Any result will now only benefit the players. For coaches, more information will appear about basketball players on whom they will be able to rely more in the future. We all hope that the Russian team will soon return to international tournaments. And this is what you need to prepare for.

As for the upcoming Friendship Cup, the Russian team will play against Venezuela and Colombia. South American basketball is slightly different from European basketball, so it will be a new and interesting experience for the Russian team players. In such a situation, when there are not many international matches, this is a very good tournament to test everything that was developed during the training camp. In addition, it is an opportunity to test the strength of young players, “Gruich told .

The Friendship Cup matches can be watched on channel. Watch the live broadcast of the Russia-Venezuela match on August 21 from 16:55 (Moscow time).

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