Barcelona — CSKA, 17 November 2021

Barcelona

The game is over

Barselona, Spain

17 November 2021 Wednesday / 23:00 MSK

Palau Blaugrana

Bar

CSKA

Nov. 17 (Wed):
LIVE (for Russia): Match TV, MatchTV.ru, Sportbox.ru
LIVE (pay): Euroleague.tv

Nov. 18 (Thu):
2:00, 8:00, 20:05: Match! Game
10:05: Match! Country

CSKA

18.11.2021

On the day of the game, the coaches realized that they can't count on Bolomboy who did not have enough time to recover from food poisoning. There was also a lack of readiness regarding the ones who got back after injuries. The Army Team was successful in quarter only, and it was beautiful. But this was not enough for a away victory over Barcelona...

Barcelona – CSKA: 81-73 (-8)

Barcelona: Sanli (7 + 3 rb + 4 pf), Hayes (3 + 4 rb + 2 st), Laprovittola (4 rb), Mirotic (21 + 8 rb + 3 to), Calathes (10 + 3 rb + 7 as + 2 st) – start; Davies (14 + 3 rb + 2 bs), Martinez (0), Smits (2), Oriola (DNP), Kuric (13), Jokubaitis (11 + 3 rb + 2 as), Caicedo (DNP)…

CSKA: Lundberg (4 + 4 rb), Voigtmann (21 + 6 rb), Shengelia (17 + 6 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 2 bs), Kurbanov (4 + 2 bs), Shved (7 + 4 as + 2 st) – start; Ukhov (0), Hackett (2), Antonov (0), Clyburn (9 + 3 rb + 2 as), Milutinov (1 + 3 rb), Faried (0), Grigonis (8 + 2 as)…

Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

Congratulations to Barcelona for the win. Obviously, we can say a lot of things about the game. We opened the game with a little bit more concern - both teams, in the first quarter. Then we had a small period of losing our composure. They were missing layups, they were getting the ball back, scoring and this 25-14 hurt us. We talked a little bit more in halftime, how we were supposed to play basketball. We came strong in the third quarter with concrete ideas on what to do defensively and offensively. We brought the game to +10 and then Barcelona put a lot of pressure on us. We could have handled this situation better.