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On Monday afternoon, the Euroleague announced that the club could request a postponement of the match three times if it does not pick up 8 players or is in quarantine.
Chimki had serious problems with injuries and COVID-19 infections, but he invited young players and competed.
One of those matches was against Kaunas “Žalgiris” in Pamaskve: they were won by 84:70 in green and white, and Rimas Kurtinaitis used only seven players.
Photo by Scanpix / ITAR-TASS / Rimas Kurtinaitis
“We respect the Euroleague, we respect our fans, we love basketball. We took the youngsters, we traveled to Spain and played the best we could.
But it turned out that we could stay at home, ignore everyone, pick up the losses at 0:20 and now those games would be postponed, as happened to the rest of the teams. These cases appear to violate the principles of the sport.
Each team in the tournament should be equal to the others, but it has been shown that some Euroleague teams are more equal than others, “Astachov told R-Sport.
We could stay home, ignore everyone, pick up losses at 0:20 and now those matches would be postponed
Chimki’s incumbent has an offer for the Euroleague leaders.
“In this context, it would seem logical for the Euroleague to cancel the results of Chimki’s last three games, when we were not playing fully for COVID-19. These games should be postponed. That would be the most fair thing. Otherwise, it is a Double standards. Such decisions do not add prestige to the organization, “Astachov angered.
The Euroleague rules are basketball law and the laws do not apply retroactively.
Likewise, the owner of the Masquerade Club did not like the retroactive application of the new procedure. Currently, four games have not been played in four rounds of the Euroleague.
“It is good to respond and correct the COVID-19 rules, but the key points that have been put in place are questionable, to put it mildly. Especially the fact that the new order will also apply to matches that should have taken place earlier. The Euroleague rules are basketball law and the laws do not apply retroactively. If you can cancel the results of previous matches, then you can do anything, “Astachov explained.
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He also recalled the match with the Lithuanian champions from a few weeks ago.
“When the five players felt bad, we asked the Euroleague to cancel the match in Spain. As before “Žalgiris”, when we only had five players from the main team, we were forced to take basketball players from the youth team. However, the Euroleague refused to cancel those matches. Before accepting the new rules, the Euroleague asked the opinion of the clubs. “We told you everything here in a letter,” Astachov said.
Chimki has lost all four Euroleague games so far.
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