Real Madrid — CSKA, 23 December 2021
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Отсутствие заболевших товарищей как будто добавило роста, длины рук и скорости остальным мадридцам. Наша команда не справилась с удвоенным моральным давлением и удвоенной энергией соперника и вчистую уступила последнюю четверть...
Real Madrid – CSKA: 71-65 (-6)
Real Madrid: Williams-Goss (17 + 6 rb + 5 as), Vukcevic (6), Garuba (2), Tavares (15 + 10 rb + 2 st + 4 bs), Taylor (5 + 5 rb + 3 st) – start; Fernandez (6 + 5 rb + 2 as), Klavzar (10), Miller (0), Llull (10 + 4 rb + 3 as)…
CSKA: Lundberg (10 + 4 pf), Voigtmann (5 + 2 as + 5 pf), Shengelia (3 as + 3 to), Kurbanov (8 + 6 rb + 2 as + 2 bs), Shved (8 + 4 rb) – start; Bolomboy (0), Ukhov (0), Hackett (5 + 3 as), Antonov (3 rb), Clyburn (16 + 13 rb + 2 as), Milutinov (13 + 10 rb), Grigonis (0)…
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
Obviously congratulations to Real. With so many problems they really gave the fight. And its an unwritten rule in all sports, in everything in life: if go out there to compete, when you believe on your own purpose, they prove it… Unfortunately, we had a very bad start, we gave them all the boost they needed. We came back stronger in the second quarter, took over but that was not enough. We weren’t making shots, we were turning the balls over even though we were dominant on boards. What to say about the strategy? It is not about the strategy. It was not about Xs and Os, it was about desire and wish.