Captain of CSKA Semyon Antonov In an interview with , he said that the army team would have a very difficult fight to retain the title in the VTB United League, and also identified the competitors of the “red-blues”.
Last season, CSKA became the champion of the VTB United League. UNICS took second place, and Zenit won bronze.
— Will CSKA’s current title be harder to defend than in the years when the army team regularly became champions?
“I think it will be much more difficult.” Because in the last three years we have had three different champions in the VTB United League. The championship is now stable. There are clear favorites – teams in the top four. But today there are no clear outsiders, everyone can beat everyone. Especially with the new format, in which the championship will be held in four rounds. I think there will be a lot of surprises here.
There are many good teams now. Looking at last season, we can say that Enisey and Parma performed very well. I am sure that Nizhny and MBA will draw the right conclusions from the previous season and try to prove that it was just some kind of failure. I think that Uralmash will also have ambitions and tasks.
I am sure that all basketball fans will have a very interesting season. But it will be even more difficult for us. Because it is one thing when you become a champion and everyone wants to beat you, and another thing when you become a challenger and want to beat the champion. In general, completely different emotions.
Therefore, the main thing is that our players are healthy throughout the marathon distance. It is clear that there will be differences, ups and downs, but we must try to be as stable as possible during these eight to nine months,” Antonov told .
Watch VTB United League matches on and the holding’s channels, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites. The new season of the tournament starts on September 21.
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