«Astana» goes to Saratov

24.02.2017, 15:00    Views: 1085
Source: Press service
Author: Almira Shakhaeva

Astana continues its tour, visiting the cities of Russia. This time Astana will play in glorious Saratov. Tomorrow, on February 25, «Astana» will hold a match against Saratov «Avtodor» in the championship of VTB United League.

It was exactly «Avtodor» «Astana» opened a home game with in the new season of VTB United League, where in the spectacular game «Astana» snatched a victory from Saratov with a score of 83:78.  »Avtodor» ranks 9th in the standings of the VTB League, there are 5 wins and 11 defeats on Saratov account. Our team needs to win this match in order to enter playoff. Of course, the game will not be easy, and «Astana» had a very busy game schedule this month, but, in spite of the tiredness, the capital team set to play aggressively.

Ilias Papatheodorou, the head coach of «Astana», commented on the preparations for the upcoming fight:
 - «Avtodor» is a very strong team that plays very well on its court. The club gathered a lot of good players, who can easily score 100 points in one match. You have to defend individually very effectively and control rebounds in order to win. If we do that, then we will get the chances to win.

Broadcasting of the match will be available on Saturday, February 25 at 21:00 pm on «Kazsport» TV-channel as well as on the website of the VTB United League.



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