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Fans of the Betsafe-LKL championship meet the intriguing atmosphere on the last weekend of March: the central round matches will take place in Vilnius on Saturday, where basketball players from Rytas and Utena Juventa will face off, who they will become the main rivals. . Basketball fans will be able to watch the match of these teams live on BTV TV.
This will be the third of this 2020-2021 period. Betsafe-LKL season duel between Rytas and Juventus. The first two are assured, with an advantage of more than 20 points, with the results 106: 77 and 100: 79, the capital team won.
In the Citadele KMT Cup, this scenario looked completely different: in the Cup quarter-finals, Juventus won 29 points from two games and beat “Rytas” and made it to the final four.
It is true that since the beginning of this year 2021, “Rytas” has undergone serious changes: Galdrius Žibėnas has replaced Donald Kairė as head coach, currently continuing the series of 12 consecutive victories.
The last time the Vilnius club lost in the Betsafe-LKL championship was on December 12 last year, when they did not equal Panevėžys Lietkabelius 59:78.
Juventus, for its part, receives the duel in the capital with a double spirit: Žydrūnas Urbonas The soldier lost the last match in the double digits to Lietkabel himself, but he has already managed to confidently establish himself in the top four of the Betsafe-LKL championship.
Utena’s team already has 7 wins from the closest pursuers, Pasvalys “Milk Stars”.
“The mood in the team is good. We played with Panevėžys, we fought until the last minute, yes, we were missing some elements, we did not do them, but the most important thing is that we know what we did not do. Both Real Madrid and Madrid CSKA Moscow are losing, no teams win alone, we are no different.
We win this season more often than we lose, that’s fine. You have to enjoy it, you have to pay for it and you have to enjoy it. Defeats must be part of future victories, we must take away the necessary equipment, ”said J. Urbonas about the duel that awaits in Vilnius.
– Coaches, how would you rate the last month for your team?
– The main games for everyone will start in late spring. Of course, now you want to climb as high on the table as possible, and every match is important now. But we, taking into account the stage of the season, saved our players a bit, here we were able to force with Vaid (Kariniauskas – aut.) With Panevėžys, but we must allow him to recover. In a long-term investment project, the most important thing is to see all the players healthy and alive in the deciding match.
– In the Betsafe-LKL championship against Rytas, you failed twice and Citadele KMT won twice. How do you react to rumors that Rytas is a good match for you?
– I don’t believe in such things at all – there are no good and bad competitors. That others think so, I do not think so. Each game is a partially new story. New day, new energy. Clearly the trends persist, with specific teams adapting to speed, one team having a harder time unraveling, the other a little easier. “Morning” has changed a lot now, we haven’t played with them at all. I can only judge them from the video analysis. It will be very interesting to meet and touch this opponent. You want to see up close what your opponent likes to eat and what he doesn’t. There will be an interesting duel.
– How much has the “Morning” directed by G. Žibėnas changed your look?
– It has clearly changed. After all, the victories have come. Those victories may not be particularly significant, however, the regular season is the season of good intelligence. Yes, they no longer played for the Citadele KMT or the Champions League, but one way or another, victory is victory. They work with a good emotional background, the coach really did his job, that is, he stabilized the situation. You can see what happened, the team seems more stable. Each team is in the place it deserves. In sports, you will not hide anywhere behind your back, everyone can see everything.
– The basketball community was entertained by an adventure video in which their student Žygimantas Skučas sang Lithuanian songs during the match. How do you, as a coach, react to such a state of mind on the pitch?
– Everyone has their own philosophy, I will not really explain to each player to change their socks more often, sing or dance. Maybe I didn’t like the song, maybe I would choose another if I played and sang. That’s probably all I can say about Songs of the March.
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