Basketball
Xavi Pascual’s Zenit win the Russian Cup
he Zenit Saint PetersburgCatalonia coach Xavi passoverrose this Sunday russian cup by defeating Nizhny Novgorod (64-55), last year’s champion.
Top scorer of the match held in the Ural capital and best player of the final. Yekaterinburgit was the American military base Trent. frasierscored 18 points.
by Nijini The best player was guard Casey. shepherdscored 13 points.
he zenitdominated the match from the opening jump, taking revenge on his rival who had defeated him in the final a year ago.
This is the first cup title achieved by the St. Petersburg club, which won the Russian league two seasons ago with Pascual on the bench.
in the Russian league zenit Currently, it is classified as third after . CSKA Moscow and current champions, unix Kazan.
Due to the influence of Russian military operations, ukraineRussian teams will not participate in European competitions.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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