Basketball player Kateřina Elhotová on the archive picture
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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“Quality matches at the European level are ending for us, which is already very annoying in January. Until April, we will only play in the Czech league and the domestic cup. It will be difficult to find motivation in that,” said Elhotová.
For her and other Czech representatives in the team, the February qualification of the European Championship will be a confrontation with the international scene. In the “bubble” in Istanbul, where USK played in the European League in early December, they will face Romania on February 4 and Denmark two days later.
“These are matches that will be difficult and we have to fight in them and it is best to win them in order to have a good position and qualify for the European Championship. We want to show the best,” said Elhotová.
USK basketball players said goodbye to the Euroleague by winning over Gdynia
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“The Czech league is the Czech league, we have to approach it responsibly. It’s just a matter of showing what we can do, proving that we are a quality team and maintaining the championship,” she added at the end of the season in a domestic competition where USK has no competition for years.
Winning was an obligation
Winning over Gdynia after two defeats in the home tournament was an obligation. “You can’t talk about fixing your taste. It was a matter of not embarrassing ourselves and not losing to Gdynia yet. Anyway, everyone had in their heads that it’s the end for us and this match doesn’t solve anything, so it was just about who got involved. “it will give his heart and he will want to fight for the victory. I’m glad we kept a little face and won the match,” she said.
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From left Artemis Spanouová from Gdynia, Brionna Jonesová from USK Prague and Laura Miškinieneová from Gdynia.
Vít Šimánek, ČTK
Opponents were only ahead in the first quarter. “We can say that we won throughout the match and I have a very positive feeling from our defense today. We didn’t let them into what they are used to at all. Whether it’s the Balint raids or their offensive play in general. In the fourth quarter we they shoved a few threes, but we were able to counter and it ended by 13 points, which is a good result for us, “she added.
On Tuesday, the team of coach Natálie Hejková lost 70:99 to Fenerbahce. “We let it run against Fenerbahce, they absolutely shot us with the threes in the first quarter and the half was thirty points. It is difficult to return to such a match,” Elhotová said about the second defeat with the Turkish team of the season.
Great Veselý helped 24 points to beat the leader of the European League CSKA
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USK failed to maintain hope for progress on Thursday even against Lyon, which it lost 74:85. “It was balanced with Lyon, we played stably and without much fluctuations in the match. We covered Johannes, whom we wanted to defend because she gave us a lot of threes in the previous match. But other players Ciaková and Clarková prevailed, they were points, on which we could not answer and turn the match in our favor, “added Elhotová.
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