Unexpected

11.05.2013
Evgeniy Voronov (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
The battle of CSKA and Barcelona could be the game of the season in Euroleague. Still on Sunday both teams will play just for the third place.

“We will play the game which nobody wants to play in his career, and it happens to us for the first time in many years,” CSKA head coach Ettore Messina said. “Still the club, the fans want to see dignity and effort by our team. We will use all our resources to try to win this game, you can’t think differently playing in the Final Four. This is what our club is all about.”

The Saturday is a quiet day on the tournament. It includes only the practice and 15-minute media availability. It is quiet in army man headquarters too. As well as in Barcelona's who lost Nathan Jawai to injury besides of the loss.
Photos
Aaron Lee Jackson (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Ettore Messina (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
CSKA (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Alexandr Kaun (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Zoran Erceg (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Nenad Krstic (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Andrey Vorontsevich (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)
Dmitriy Korshakov (photo T. Makeeva, cskabasket.com)