The season at home starts for our team from traditional exhibition tournament. Alexander Gomelsky Cup will take place in USH CSKA on Saturday and Sunday.
"We are having good practices in full strength for past two weeks", - CSKA head coach Ettore Messina said. "Obviously, we have to understand each other better, to improve the quality of our game. We are starting our season in fact on this weekend, we will present ourselves in front of our fans, so the tournament is very important for us. Besides we are getting the possibility to celebrate the memory of great Alexander Gomelsky."
All the 17 players practiced last days including Evgeny Voronov who rehabilitated after recent injury. At the same time Ivan Strebkov and Dmitry Korshakov received the chance to intensively practice with the junior team, and Alexander Gudumak was the only young player who stayed with the main team.
Alexander Gomelsky Cup schedule:
Saturday, September 29:
17:00 – Olympiacos - Lokomotiv-Kuban
20:00 – CSKA - Zalgiris
Sunday, September 30:
17:00 – 3rd place game
20:00 – Final game
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