Smodis against Turkcan

On Wednesday our team will play in a key game of the Euroleague Top 16: it will be specifically important for both CSKA and Fenerbahce Ulker.

CSKA still practices without Andrey Vorontsevich. His military obligations still do not allow him to leave his military base, and the agreement between Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Sports is not still written in the papers. There are no other losses in the team. Ramunas Siskauskas returned to practices on Monday after the muscle injury suffered against Montepaschi.

“Fenerbahce Ulker is a very dangerous team, – Ettore Messina said. Their win in Zagreb tells a lot. Despite the fact that we won in Istanbul by big margin, we do not assume it will be easy to win here in Moscow. We need to stay focused, to play hard, and we do not think we will win by just showing up on the court. It is important to defend their shooters and to fight for the rebounds. This time Fenerbahce will have Mirsad Turkcan, who is their key player. At the same time we recovered Smodis, who did not play in Istanbul. Though Matjaz has the flu and he missed practice on Monday, we hope he will be able to play on Wednesday.”

The club from Turkey arriver to Russian capital on Tuesday and practiced on the main arena of USH CSKA.