Defender “Lokomotiv-Kuban » Vladislav Yemchenko told that he disagreed that UNICS The first round of the VTB United League championship was not convincing and the Krasnodar team is preparing very seriously for the away match against Kazan.
Lokomotiv-Kuban will face UNICS on Sunday in the VTB United League away match. The meeting starts at 15:00 (Moscow time). In the first round, the railway workers won (78:71).
Krasnodar with 12 wins and 3 losses is in third place in the ranking, Kazan (11 wins, 4 losses) is in fourth place.
— I think after a short break in the United League championship, everyone really missed him. Us, the players, especially. In recent years, the Kazan team has become one of our most important rivals. We are looking forward to an interesting match.
— UNICS did not play the first round very convincingly. What do you think?
— I can’t say that UNICS played the first round unconvincingly. They had a lot of good matches. Under no circumstances should this opponent be underestimated. They are one of the strongest teams, they have good and quite experienced players who can make noise in attack and they defend strongly. So in any case, the match promises to be exciting.
— Do you think this match will be very different from the first round match in Krasnodar?
— In our Krasnodar Basket Hall there was strong support from our fans, they always help us. In that match, we started to control the game from the first seconds. And in principle, throughout this game, there were no jumps up and down. We carried it out with dignity and efficiency and managed to confront the leaders of UNICS. Of course, we will try to immediately take the initiative into our own hands on Sunday, control the game, impose our basketball on the opponent and, I hope, achieve victory,” Yemchenko told .
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Source : MatchTV
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