There are very few Russian teams in the Euroleague today; the tournament loses a lot with their absence, the defender told . CSKA Alexa Avramovic .
Russian clubs have been suspended from participating in the Euroleague, Eurocup and Champions League since February 2022. Avramovich’s transfer to CSKA was announced in July. The Serbian attacking defender was recognized as the best player of the VTB United League Super Cup, in which the army team won the title on September 14.
— Alexa, do you know that CSKA is the sister team of Partizan, for which you previously played?
– I know. “Partizan” is CSKA’s sister club, “Crvena Zvezda” is for “Spartak”. But I didn’t pay attention to it, I was only thinking about CSKA as a team, a big club.
— What impressions did the last Super Cup leave on you? How do you see the start of the season?
— We have already beaten the Euroleague team “Crvena Zvezda”. I think we have a good team and we will fight for the title again. It’s just that everyone will be especially attentive to us, because we are the current champions and want to repeat this success. After winning the Super Cup, we want to continue in the same spirit.
— When you joined CSKA, you probably thought that from now on you would no longer be able to play in the Euroleague?
— I think that the Euroleague is missing CSKA, Zenit and UNICS. Okay, we don’t have enough European matches, but I still think that the Euroleague is losing more because of the absence of Russian clubs. They should pay attention to the current situation, to us. Over the last three years, we have played with the best teams in Europe, we have faced many of them and, I think, we deserve a place in the Euroleague. No, I don’t even think so, but I am sure that we deserve it. Everything is like that. In any case, I am happy to be here, ”Avramovich told .
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