CSKA U19 — Spartak, 20 February 2009

Junior CSKA team which plays in the JBL semifinal did not lost a game during the first round of the tournament held in Krasnodar.

“All the games we played stable and came to 100 per cent result, - the team’s head coach Leonid Spirin said. Upon our return from Serbia we played the friendly game against CSKA-2 and during the first day we felt ourselves a bit tired. And the opponent team, Spartak St. Petersburg was the strongest one. In the other games we looked fresher. We used aggressive defense which allowed us to play a lot in transition. That led to the result: our opponents were making a lot of mistakes. Nabotov played good, he showed stable game, he was the fighter in the paint, and it was especially important in a game against Spartak. I can note also the game of Strebkov, Kulagin and Korshakov, Of course, we have some problems with a team game and we will work on them during our upcoming camp in Vatutinki.”

In the second round of semifinal stage CSKA-JBL together with two other best teams from Krasnodar group will meet three teams from the other group.

CSKA Junior Results:
Feb.20: CSKA Junior vs. Spartak St.Petersburg: 87-84
Feb.21: CSKA Junior vs. Lokomotiv Rostov: 97-45
Feb.22: Kuban Krasnodar vs. CSKA Junior: 39-91
Feb.23: Dynamo Moscow vs. CSKA Junior: 53-87
Feb.24: CSKA Junior vs. Khimki: 92-66