On Wednesday our team will play one of the most important and difficult games of the season. Here comes Montepaschi, the Italian team which defeated CSKA in Siena by big margin two weeks ago. With the support of the fans CSKA dreams about revenge.
Russian Cup semifinal was marked with the other unpleasant thing, except for the loss – the captain’s injury. "Probably, we will have to play without Smodis and, of course, that hurts our confidence, - Ettore Messina said after Tuesday's practice. Matjaz practiced with the team today but we will decide on his status after morning shootaround. We should be ready to fight from minute one, to show our heart and desire. We need to play better than they are. Siena’s aggressive defense gave us many problems, so we should limit our dribble, screen better and pay more attention to the small details of the game."
Montepaschi arrived to Moscow on Monday’s evening from Bologna where the team won it’s first Italian Cup on Sunday. On Tuesday after the lunch the team practiced in USH CSKA – first in the weightlifting room, then on the arena.
The stands will be full during Wednesday’s game – there are almost no tickets left in the sales department. We can only hope that Moscow fans will support CSKA better than Italian counterparts who helped their team to win in Siena.
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