The head coach of CSKA, **Andreas Pistiolis**, shared his thoughts on the performance of his team. Recently, the army team secured victory in the VTB United League Supercup, defeating Zenit from St. Petersburg in the final. In the semifinals, the Moscow club outperformed the Serbian team Crvena Zvezda.

**”Andrei Vatutin mentioned in the locker room after the Supercup semifinal that we are 2-0 in the Euroleague. How seriously should we take the preseason results?”** — As you pointed out, it’s preseason, so it’s premature to judge the teams and discuss whether we can defeat our Euroleague rivals. I can confidently say that we are capable of being competitive and holding our own at this level. If such results were to occur during the regular season, if this team were playing in the Euroleague? Those are just speculations, — Pistiolis stated, as quoted by CSKA’s press service.

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