Tomorrow CSKA would play the last game this year against Lokomotiv from Rostov. The game is the first match of the Russian Cup quarterfinals. Today all the players gathered at USH CSKA for the first time after Christmas vacations.
Practices were also scheduled for yesterday but David Andersen and Trajan Langdon arrived in Moscow only Wednesday afternoon so two junior team players – the guard Alexey Shved and center Ivan Nelyubov – joined the practice. Accidentally the help of another junior Semen Shashkov became necessary on Wednesday afternoon. The reason was the traffic jam that did not let Langdon to arrive at USH CSKA in time. It took the guard more than three hours to get to the hall from the airport.
According to the words of CSKA head coach Ettore Messina all the players except to David Vanterpool would take part in a game against Lokomotiv. By the way American forward passed several medical tests today. The results of them were the reason for the medical staff to let the player start practicing in the training gym.
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