Starting the mini-marathon

06.04.2019

The game against Zenit will be the first of three in five days for our team…

The game against Zenit will be the first of three in five days for our team.

Pre-game breakdown

CSKA will miss injured Mikhail Kulagin and disqualified Kyle Hines. Alexander Khomenko will not be able to help this team due to his participation in the VTB United Youth League finals.

Zenit misses injured Sergey Karasev.

Word to the coach

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

In five days we will have three games, including one away. This is what concerns us right now – how we are going to get into the rhythm. Our first opponent is Zenit, very serious team. They have very good team which is already established the new system under the new coach. We know it is going to be a tough game. We want to fight on the highest level.

Past matchups

Wins-losses: 7-3 (18-0 against Triumph Lyubertsy)

Game of the 2018-19 VTB United League season:
20-Jan-2019. Regular season. Zenit – CSKA: 93-86 (-7)

Short dossier

Founded: 2014
Colors: dark-blue, white, light-blue
Homecourt: Yubileiny (7,044)
CEO: Alexander Tserkovny
Head coach: Joan Plaza
Website: basket.fc-zenit.ru

Photo & Video

CSKA - Zenit. Preview

07 April 2019

Comments

We also recommend

21 April

Preview

From scratch

You can forget about the results of the regular season. In the playoffs it all starts again. On the other hand, you need to remember those results. After all, the meetings with Enisey, our quarterfinal opponent, in the second round were unsuccessful for our team...

12 April

Preview

UNICS means “for the lead”

The VTB League regular championship for our team ends with a trip to Kazan, which will bring clarity to the final standings in the top three...

06 April

Preview

Chance to rehabilitate

Very little time has passed since the previous meeting with Enisey, so the memories of the failure in Moscow are fresh. Today our team flew to Krasnoyarsk to try to smooth out those impressions...