Kirilenko believes that guest matches with Egypt will become a good check for the Russian national team

The head of the Russian Basketball (RFB) Russian Federation Andrei Kirilenko in an interview with Match TV said that guest meetings with the Egyptian team will be an excellent test of the current game capabilities of the Russian national team.

The Russian team on July 28 and 30 in Khimki will hold friendly meetings with the Iran team and immediately after that will fly to Egypt for control matches with the national team of this country.

– What are the expectations from meetings with Egypt, given that these are the first matches in the country of far abroad in recent years? Is there excitement? Were there difficulties with the organization of these matches in Egypt?

– Expectations are the best. To play with such an opponent on the road is an excellent test for our team. Games are catastrophically few. It is interesting to look at the guys in guest games. I and the team have no unrest. The guys want to play themselves. Training is one thing, meetings with the other team – completely different. The players missed in matches with teams from another country, ”Kirilenko said“ Match TV ”.

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