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Surprise of the Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar will not want to give up his dream in the form of a final tournament. Already because he entered the series with Barcelona as a moderate favorite from the second place of his eighth group. But the Catalans have taken care of last year’s fasting in the quarterfinal blackout, and this year they want to make themselves and their fans happy by moving to Berlin, where the final tournament will be held from May 13th to 15th.

Tomáš Satoranský could have already taken part in the final tournament in his pocket. In fact, in the series his Barcelona leads 2: 1 and far from victory was not even in the first encounter on the locomotive, when it eventually fell five points. Then came two fairly clear wins and a Thursday sword. Barcelona in the series relies on defense.She scored 66 points in both matches in Russia and four points more on Tuesday. But if the coach Pascual sent his substitutes to the field, Lokomotiv would hardly hit 70 points.

“I think we’re doing well in the whole series to believe our defense and play forty minutes. In the second half we stopped Lokomotiv with good rotations and aggressiveness of the whole five, which was on the field, “the Czech quarterback proves the defensive in the defensive. Malcolm Delaney.Two Americans in the service of the Russian whole have jointly made 21 out of the 23 opening points of their whole.

“We have managed to stop not only them but the whole team with a compact team defense. It is clear that they have gunfire spread between the two players. At the beginning they put heavy shots over the defenders or after one-on-one play.But with that we have to live that sometimes there will be such missiles, ”Satoranski said, that after the initial storm the defensive Barcelona managed to stop the main weapon of the opponent.

Although they were the best scorers of their team (Randolph 16, Delaney 15), they scored most of their points in the opening minutes. translated Spanish League match on Sunday. “That certainly helped us. We had a hard time traveling from Krasnodar. The trip was long and, moreover, according to ACB’s plan, we should have played against Laboral Kutxa. It would cost us a lot of power against such a strong opponent.In this way, we could rest for one day and concentrate on the third game, ”he said. Finally, Vitorio, who was in the very first match in Athens, finished her move among the top four Euroleague through Panathinaikos in the first match in Athens.

On Thursday, Barcelona can enjoy the same success on Thursday, if they beat Lokomotiv Kuban for the third time in a row. It will be the sixth mutual match between the two teams in this year’s Euroleague. Barcelona still leads 3: 2.

“It’s very hard to think of a thing to surprise the other team. They will probably try to change some details, but it will be mainly about the mental readiness of both teams.For us, this will be one of the toughest games because there will be a lot of pressure to put an end to the series here in Barcelona, ​​”Satoran realizes that one of the most important games of the season is waiting for Barcelona players.

If she fails, she would have a fight for everything next Tuesday in Russia.

Although Krasnodar has a knife on his neck, he says it may suit them not to play in front of a home audience: “On the contrary, they will not be under such pressure. They have nothing to lose, they can give heavy bullets without pressure. We will try to play the game that brought us victory in the second and third game.We’ll have to believe it and wait for our moment to break the match. “