Sergey Karasev: "The atmosphere is very friendly, everyone gives their best, everyone fights"

Zenit captain Sergey Karasev shared his emotions from the victory over Tambov (105:69) in a friendly match played at the Basketball Academy on Saturday.

— Sergey, congratulate with the victory! What are your impressions from the match with Tambov? It was noticeable that your game was going well, three-point shots in the opening period were flying properly.

— Today is the sixth day of preseason, the guys are under pressure. We have a new team, we can say that it was a practice game. It is still much more pleasant to play than to train. We had some shortcomings, some mistakes. But the atmosphere is very friendly, everyone gives their best, everyone fights. Yes, at some point our legs got weak, but you can see that everyone is energised for the season. It's nice that the players have such dedication. We will work further. The first step has been made. Now we go to Turkey to prepare there.