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Aleksandar Trifunovic: “The Caspian Sea has additional motivation for Astana”
Today, April 7, the playoffs of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship among men's teams of the National League start in Astana. The current champion of the country, the capital club "Astana", hosts the team of BC "Caspiy" from the city of Aktau. Before the start of the semi-final series, Astana's head coach Aleksandar Trifunovic told the club's website how preparations for the games were going.
- Now we are more focused on the Kazakhstan league, because there is enough time before the VTB League playoffs. Preparations are going well; David Simon, who is in the United States on personal matters, and Rustam Yargaliev, who flew to Moscow for surgery, are absent. In general, we are ready for the upcoming matches.
- Are you satisfied with how the team trains, how it prepares?
- I can’t say that I’m dissatisfied with the guys’ work, but at the same time I think we can train better. Since my arrival, the level of the team has risen, the quality of the game has improved. The players' concentration has also improved. The team still has potential and I know we can do much better. We are working on it.
- Today we start playing the Kazakhstan playoffs. Do you think these will be easy games for Astana?
- In general, there are no easy games. As for the opponent, the Kaspiy team is good, now nothing puts pressure on them, they have additional motivation for us. We again need to prove that we are stronger, prove it with good performance on the court and improve our level of team play both in defense and in attack. And again, we can use these games as part of the preparation for the VTB United League playoffs.
We remind you that the first match “Astana” - “Caspiy” will take place today at 19:00 in the hall of the republican cycling track “Saryarka”.
The games will take place on April 7, 8 and 10. Entrance to matches is free.
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