FC Barcelona vs. CSKA: 79-70 (-9)
Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:
The first half was good, probably the best one this season. We had everything – discipline, ball movement, defense. And the second half started absolutely differently. We had several turnovers, we stopped the ball, we did not defend and thus let Navarro feel confidence. Instead of being calm and get back to what we did before we started to rush trying to change the situation quickly but it became even worse. Our second unit played well, the guys were able to cut the margin but fatigue slowed them down. Unfortunately it looks like we don’t have legs to play well more than 20 minutes. Vorontsevich played in his first game after injury and he helped us a lot with his intensity and desire. We need him now especially when Krstic is out and Khryapa is not at his best moment.
