El Zenit coached by the Spanish Xavi Pascual closed the season in Russia this Saturday by finishing third in the VTB leaguea title that the Saint Petersburg team won two seasons ago.
Pascual’s pupils They won the series for third and fourth place (3-1) by defeating Lokomotiv-Kubán in the fourth game (77-88). The top scorer of the game was Andréi Martiuk (Lokomotiv), the 2.13 meter Russian center, with 28 points.
Zenit won the first two games of the series, while the Krasnodar team had won the third game. The final of the Russian league is contested by the champion, UNICS, who eliminated Kuban in the semifinals, and CSKA Moscowwho did the same with Zenit.
Pascual will listen to offers
Pascual, who has coached Zenit for four and a half seasons, ends his contract and neither the press nor the specialists take its renewal for granted.. With the Catalan on the bench, Zenit won the first league title in its history in 2022, to which we must add the Russian Cup that it won this season against Nizhny Novgorod.
Pascual, who won the Euroleague with Barcelona in 2010 and two Greek leagues with Panathinaikoshas many girlfriends in continental basketball.
Although the Russian clubs They pay higher salaries than in the rest of Europe, their teams do not compete in European competitions due to the war in Ukraine.
2024-06-01 23:27:30
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