Asvel Lyon-Villeurbanne will not play in Russia next week against Zenit Saint-Petersburg, March 1, and Unics Kazan, March 3, in Euroleague basketball announced Thursday its president, Tony Parker.
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I already spoke with the team before the match against Alba Berlin and I told them that we will not go to Russia
," Parker told the media after the match lost by the Rhone team (82-80 ).
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With our values, those of the club and mine, we will never go to Russia next week.
After we have a meeting with the Euroleague, with all the clubs, we will see what they tell us but as Asvel, we will not go to Russia.
We are in 2022 and we cannot accept things like that.
It's big nonsense
, ”he added.
There are things like that that happen and we adapt.
It goes beyond sports.
Even if we had been in a position to play the play-offs, it does not change anything
Tony Parker
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Compared to what was happening in our club, I wanted to reassure everyone, the players, the management but also everyone's families.
When you get up in the morning and see things like that, you hallucinate.
It was still planned that we stay a week for two matches.
We are not going to send our team there for a week with everything that is happening at the moment
, ”insisted Tony Parker.
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We are all a little shocked and trying to understand.
I don't know yet what happened.
We are shocked, we try to glean information.
At present, I still do not know exactly why what is happening there
, ”admitted the Villeurbanne leader.
About the fairness of the competition at the end of the season, Tony Parker does not want to worry.
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There are things like that that happen and we adapt.
It goes beyond sports.
Even if we had been in a position to play the play-offs, it does not change anything
, ”added the former player of San Antonio and Charlotte, whose club he manages ranks 15th in the Euroleague with a series of six rank defeats.
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