“Last time we let Kursk score 18 “free” goals, but not now,” Mayga, a player of the Moscow national team, about reaching the final of the Spartakiad

After the victory over the Kursk region (69:65) in the ½ finals of the All-Russian Spartakiad in Moscow, the center of the Moscow team Josselina Maiga compared this game with the meeting of the same rivals in the group. According to the basketball player, who scored 17 points today, the Muscovites played into the hands of an unusually early match, which they played in the ¼ finals (yesterday Moscow and the Komi Republic played at 11 am).

— Moscow and the Kursk region have already met at the Spartakiad — your team lost in the group stage match. What has changed now?

– In the first match, we probably haven’t played out yet, we were under pressure after the training camp. But now they got into the rhythm, felt their game, improved the details in defense. When they analyzed that defeat in the group, they found out that they let Kursk score 18 “free” goals. And now they are not, today there were fewer of them, hence the victory.

– Did the opponents’ problems with fouls help Moscow a lot?

“Of course it was easier. Kursk always plays aggressive basketball. Somewhere it helps, but sometimes, on the contrary, it destroys in terms of enumeration of fouls.

– In the quarterfinals, you won a difficult victory over the Komi Republic. There were no fears that there would not be enough energy for another hard-fought match?

– We had a slight advantage – yesterday we played earlier than Kursk, so there was enough time to recover. We managed to regain strength – both moral and physical, – Mayga told Match TV.

The women’s basketball tournament of the Spartakiad will end on Monday at the Basket Hall Sports Palace in Krylatskoye. In the match for 3rd place at 16:30, the teams of Kursk and Moscow regions will meet. Moscow and Sverdlovsk Region will play in the final at 19:00. Live broadcasts – on our channels and website.