Playmaker Lokomotiv-Kuban Vladislav Iemchenko told that the team had to capitalize on two defeats in the VTB United League Super Cup group stage matches, but so far the results can be considered unsatisfactory.
On Friday, Lokomotiv Kuban lost to Red Star in the Super Cup group stage match. The match ended with a score of 86:76 in favor of the Serbs.
— What can you say about the match with Red Star?
— An experienced Euroleague team played against us, but not at full strength. The level is high, they punished us for any mistakes in defense. At certain moments of the attack, we made illogical decisions because they committed four or five team fouls and we finished the attacks with long-range or mid-range shots. We had to go “inside” and catch them with fouls, shoot free throws. They hit 37, and we only hit 15. We also made a lot of mistakes in defense, either by doubling up often or, on the contrary, it didn’t help. We made fundamental mistakes for which we were punished.
— The group stage is over, only the match for fifth place awaits us. The result is not satisfactory?
– Yes. We always want to win, we set ourselves the sole goal of winning in every match, regardless of the opponent. I adhere to the logic that either you win or you learn something. We have work, a long season and a match for fifth place (Super Cup) ahead of us. We want to win tomorrow, we will do everything for this, “Yemchenko told .
Crvena Zvezda took second place in Group A and will play for the bronze medals in the tournament. Lokomotiv-Kuban finished third and will meet Turkey’s Besiktas in the match for 5th place.
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