Manuel Flores: We have our own skills and our own chances
15.03.2005
Today afternoon Spanish champion Barcelona came to Moscow. In the 4th game of Euroleague TOP16 Catalonian club will play against CSKA under the coaching of Manuel Flores.
Today afternoon Spanish champion Barcelona came to Moscow. In the 4th game of Euroleague TOP16 Catalonian club will play against CSKA under the coaching of Manuel Flores. Before him this season Svetislav Pesic and Xoan Montes were head coaches of Barca.
They took to Moscow 12 players: Ilievski, Navarro, Sada, Frimau, Drejer, Fucka, Bodiroga, De La Fuente, Zizic, Davis, Van Der Hare and Gasol who replacing injured Duenas.
The head coach of CSKA Dusan Ivkovic:
Barcelona is very experienced team. I think that after the change of head coach it is absolutely a different team. We need to concentrate very well. In our last game in Barcelona, we played great in the second half. But now mentally they've grown up very much. That is why we expect a much different game. We cannot repeat the same game for sure. But with all respect to Barcelona, I think that this moment we are a better team. We have to get one more victory in the Euroleague.
The head coach of Barcelona Manuel Flores:
CSKA is the best European team right now. They are unbeaten all season long and they want to keep their positive attitude in order to make history in European basketball. They are a very balanced team. They are very good at the outside game, and playing two-to-two as well. They can score in many ways on offense and are really tough in defense. But we have our own skills and our own chances if we play right and we trust in ourselves. We need very good defense, to be very focused all game long, and to prevent them from being at their best.
They took to Moscow 12 players: Ilievski, Navarro, Sada, Frimau, Drejer, Fucka, Bodiroga, De La Fuente, Zizic, Davis, Van Der Hare and Gasol who replacing injured Duenas.
The head coach of CSKA Dusan Ivkovic:
Barcelona is very experienced team. I think that after the change of head coach it is absolutely a different team. We need to concentrate very well. In our last game in Barcelona, we played great in the second half. But now mentally they've grown up very much. That is why we expect a much different game. We cannot repeat the same game for sure. But with all respect to Barcelona, I think that this moment we are a better team. We have to get one more victory in the Euroleague.
The head coach of Barcelona Manuel Flores:
CSKA is the best European team right now. They are unbeaten all season long and they want to keep their positive attitude in order to make history in European basketball. They are a very balanced team. They are very good at the outside game, and playing two-to-two as well. They can score in many ways on offense and are really tough in defense. But we have our own skills and our own chances if we play right and we trust in ourselves. We need very good defense, to be very focused all game long, and to prevent them from being at their best.
