The game is over
Moscow
19 September 2021 Sunday / 19:00 MSK
VTB Arena
73
81
CSKA
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CSKA
19.09.2021

«Зенит» упорно сопротивлялся, но всерьез на победу претендовать не смог. Наша команда получила Кубок имени Александра Гомельского и стала первым победителем Суперкубка Лиги ВТБ, пусть пока и не считающегося официальным соревнованием...

Gomelsky Cup stays in Moscow

Zenit St.Petersburg – CSKA: 73-81 (+8)

Zenit: Loyd (15 + 6 rb + 6 as + 4 to + 4 pf), Poythress (12 + 9 rb), Ponitka (6 + 6 rb + 2 st), Mickey (12 + 4 rb), Napier (0) – start; Zaharov (0), Toptunov (0), Karasev (8 + 5 pf), Volkhin (0), Baron (17 + 5 as + 4 pf), Pushkov (0), Zubkov (3 + 4 pf)…

CSKA: Lundberg (14 + 6 rb + 2 as + 2 st + 3 to), Shengelia (7 + 9 rb + 3 to), Milutinov (10 + 5 rb), Grigonis (11 + 2 as + 4 pf), Kurbanov (5 + 2 as) – start; Bolomboy (2 + 4 rb), Khomenko (DNP), Ukhov (0), Antonov (DNP), Voigtmann (7), Clyburn (18 + 4 rb + 3 as + 2 st + 3 to + 4 pf), Shved (7 + 4 as + 3 to)…


Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:

Congratulations to the team. It was important. We as a club want to dedicate this SuperCup that has a name of Alexander Gomelsky to Mr.Dusan Ivkovic, to my friend Duda. He meant a lot to the club, to me personally. He started the new era for CSKA, he reorganized the club, brought a lot of new things, innovations in many aspects. Condolences to his lovely wife Nena, sons Pavle and Petar. He is going to be missed by basketball world, by his friends, but we who knew him closer will always have him in our souls and hearts.

We were a little bit nervous, I was nervous, I had to apologize to my team for that. Especially when Napier got injured we got some extra burden by becoming a favorite. Zenit is a tough team to beat, they have talented players and, of course, coaches. It shows so far, especially in the game against Loko but in the second game too, that we are not ready to play in continuous stretches with consistent speed and everything. The openers are very good but then we kinda slow down, also with the fact that they were pressuring a lot. Overall we were controlling the game, we had good boost in the third quarter, it's a team win and I am happy for the team. The good thing is that I and all coaches witness that the team has good potential. We are not there [on top level] yet. Neither Zenit is there. It's too early. We have a lot of space to progress. The official games start now, so we will go through official game. Thanks to the whole team, to organization and to the fans who came here to support us.


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