Without four leaders and thoughts about revenge

Our team’s visit to Volgograd does not have any tournament importance, therefore the Army Men will solve their own local tasks.

With hours before the departure the coaching staff decided to leave those players who had physical problems recently. Milos Teodosic (calf), Nenad Krstic and Victor Khryapa stayed in Moscow to practice individually with athletic coach Evgeny Burin. As well as Andrey Vorontsevich who reported pains in his back during the practice today and was tested in GMS Clinic which revelaed back spasms.

“We have to play without four players of our main rotation,” CSKA head coach Ettore Messina said. “Therefore we will try to focus on preparation to the upcoming game in Madrid, to share playing time. Because of this game we leave any thoughts of revenge for the Russian Cup loss behind. The most important thing for us is to keep our leaders fresh and healthy, to let the reserves feel the confidence and work on the elements of our game which will be significant against Real.”