Not that much of a surprise, is it? The final matchup itself was a surprise, since in the beginning everybody thought it would be Panathinaikos and CSKA. Even though a Moscow victory was the expected final outcome, they still had to get there and live up to the hype (Panathinaikos did not, CSKA did): kind of the mentality that Messina brings with him.
Just for the record: The final score was 77-91, with Trajan “hardcore DUKE” Langdon winning the MVP award. Yes, he deserved it, since he was shooting like a machine in the first three quarters, while Siskauskas had his worst game of the whole Euroleague season.
Here are some pictures of the final game as well as Moscow celebrating:
I told you so 6 months in advance looooool
CSKA is a remarkable team– remarkable to the detriment of their domestic league and even the Euroleague as a whole. What conclusions should we draw from a domestic league record with only one loss? You can read more about it at
http://dcurrie.blogspot.com/search/label/CSKA%20Moscow
I went to every CSKA home game this season, and the lack of parity in Superleague A ultimately hurts the marketability of basketball in Russia. That’s a 180 million person market that is not being exposed to exciting, high-quality basketball. Shouldn’t the Euroleague be interested in this?
Ιs there any photo/video with Ettore Messina embraced with his family? It was a very emotive moment…
Congratultions!