CSKA opened the brand new Virtus' arena with the win

15.09.2008
Today our team played the third game of Italian tour. Virtus has become another victim of the Euroleague champions.

The game was played on the court of new Futurshow Station - completely reconstructed famous Palamalaguti arena.

Virtus - CSKA: 58-73 (6-19, 16-20, 25-10, 11-24)

Virtus: Langford 14, Ford 13, Boykins 9...

CSKA: Holden (5), Langdon (8), Siskauskas (17), Smodis (4), Lorbek (20) - starting five; Morris (8), Zisis (6), Planinic (3), Savrasenko (2), Khryapa (0), Vorontsevich (0), Keyru (DNP).

Ettore Messina, CSKA head coach:

- It was a tough game against a very good team. We had an excellent start playing good 1st and 2nd quarters. But in the 3rd we allowed our opponents to shorten the gap to 2 points due to our bad defense and desire to shoot only three-pointers instead of our usual complete game. We had to overcome the difficulties showing good discipline and unselfishness.