Basketball guardZenith » Alexander Shcherbenev told that the best gift for his birthday was a big home win againstParma “
On Thursday, October 3, St. Petersburg Zenit won a crushing victory against Perm Parma in the VTB United League regular season match. The meeting, held in St. Petersburg, ended with a score of 100:56.
On the same day, Shcherbenev turned 24 years old.
— What emotions did the match against Parma on your birthday arouse in you?
– Maximum positive! Everyone congratulated me, it was very nice. The people on the team and at headquarters made this day for me. In the locker room during morning training, everyone congratulated us, hugged us and gave us a cake from the whole team. I blew out the candles, it was very nice. But the most important thing is that we won tonight. It was the best gift.
—Have you ever played on a birthday before?
— I don’t remember exactly, but maybe it happened in Lokomotiv-Kuban.
— Zenit set a season record by beating their opponent with a difference of “+44”. Do you pay attention to such achievements?
— I can’t concentrate properly. Then it happens, I notice, when such things appear, for example in the press. It’s good that we won with confidence, especially on my birthday. But the main thing is not to relax, because very serious matches await us with Lokomotiv-Kuban and Paris Nizhny Novgorod. We must therefore concentrate on these matches.
— In the three home matches of the season, Zenit scored a hundred. How do you manage to play so effectively?
“We always play at home with extra desire – the fans make us go forward. Therefore, I will cite our fans as one of the main reasons,” Shcherbenev told .
The St. Petersburg club has won four victories at the start of the season and is in second place in the standings.
Watch live broadcast of the VTB United League match “Zenit” – “Lokomotiv-Kuban” on Sunday, October 6. The match begins on the channel at 3:55 p.m. (Moscow time). The match can also be watched on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Source : MatchTV
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