‘STAR PLAYERS WERE INJURED’: HATIS HEAD COACH PROVIDES EXPLANATION FOR DEFEAT

Tert.am
13:14 ~U 15.01.10

"Our leading players were playing in Orenburg with injuries. That
played a certain decisive role and contributed to Nadezhda’s victory,"
said Hatis Yerevan’s head coach Gia Ghazanchian, after yesterday’s
game in Nadezhda’s hometown, Orenburg. According to him, "it was the
team who wanted to succeed more that won. Nadezhda is a pretty strong
team, which has really good players."

As reported by Armsport.am, Nadezhda head coach Yuri Karandashov,
in turn, noted that they didn’t play with the best group of players,
they were putting the stress on 5 players. "A pretty tough fight took
place; the players were fighting for each individual square inch.

Sheana Mosch showed an amazing game, which contributed to Nadezhda’s
victory,"s aid Karandashov.

As previously reported, Hatis lost (65-80) in yesterday’s game
and is no longer in the running for the 2009/10 FIBA EuroCup Women
Sixteenth-Finals championship.