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CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague is gaining momentum. This time the Russian team managed to break Kaunas “Žalgiris” during the trip.
The victorious CSKA strategist ended his trip to Lithuania Dimitris Itoudis summarized in a post-match press conference.
“I want to congratulate my team. I think we did well today on defense, especially when we were focused on our plan, we reacted well to changes in the rotation of Žalgiris and five others. On the other hand, we have 7 intercepted balls and 9 errors, so we are at the minus. We made big pitches, for which we are grateful to Mike James. We knew it would be difficult because Žalgiris fell bad in Tel Aviv last week. “We are happy to have started the double week with victory,” said the Greek.
– Which of the five new “Žalgiris” was the most dangerous?
– I can’t highlight one. Lekavičius managed the team well, we lost Hayes several times on the perimeter. I cannot single out five, all the players have added their own professionals, you have to congratulate them. In the end, everything could turn in any direction.
– Did you mention the failure of Žalgiris in Tel Aviv, were the conclusions and changes more abundant than usual?
– Of course, your coaches do a great job. They play a lot of transfers and adapt to their opponents. Sometimes it happens, the matches end up crushing, that is, the Euroleague. In general, Žalgiris has a good strategy and he shows it in both wins and losses, the abundance of changes sometimes does not depend on the outcome of the matches.
– Mike James was furious in the second half of the game. Is it possible to stop it when accelerating?
– I hope not. When he and other leaders pick up the pace and lead by example to others, it is very important to us. Our leaders and all the other players were competitive, this was shown not only in the game but also in training, it was very evident today.
– Rokas Jokubaitis had only played three minutes against CSKA before this match, how can you evaluate his game?
– You had COVID-19, right? It’s not easy to come back after that. He has talent and he shows it.
– Why did Mike James miss the last game and what prevented Johannes Voigtmann from arriving?
– You have a sore throat and a slight increase in temperature. They tested him for coronavirus, which came back negative, but now everything is related to COVID-19, so we let him go.
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