Mitrović and Cedevita are chasing a surprise in Belgrade: We will try to take advantage of our opportunities

Red Star Belgrade and Cedevita-Olimpija will play the quarter-final of the AdmiralBet ABA League tonight (19) in Belgrade.

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Zvezdan Mitrović and Aleksej Nikolić, Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer
Zvezdan Mitrović and Aleksej Nikolić, Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer
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Cedevita-Olimpije basketball players will visit Red Star Belgrade tonight (19) in the quarterfinals of the AdmiralBet ABA League.

Zvezda Mitrović's team overcame a 21-point deficit (39:18) in front of their fans on Tuesday, defeating Belgrade for the second time this season and tying the series, and tonight has a chance to advance to the semifinals of the regional competition. Zvezda is the favorite, but is also under pressure, while Cedevita dreams of a surprise and a place among the four teams in the region for the first time in three years.

"The key to victory in the third game will certainly be a quality game. It is interesting that in both opening games we showed a better game in attack than in defense. Against Red Star, we scored more than 180 points in total in two games. I hope the team will not be too burdened, because the outcome of the third game will be decided by many details - from fighting spirit to criteria," said Mitrović in the match announcement.

Ahead of the decisive match, Cedevita has personnel problems.

"We are also facing some injury problems, as the performances of Jaka Blažič and DJ Stewart are questionable. We want everyone to be healthy by the start of the game, to go out on the field relieved and to put on a good performance, as we did in the first two games."

Mitrović once again looked back on the previous match and the victory after the turnaround.

"Coming back from a 21-point deficit and winning is something that happens very rarely. I also received information that this happened for the first time in the history of the ABA League playoffs. From a psychological point of view, it is certainly very positive, so I hope that the players will take the field even more confident. We are aware that Red Star is the favorite, not only in this game, but also for winning the ABA League championship title. However, we will try to take advantage of our opportunities, as we managed to do in the first two games of the series," concluded Zvezdan Mitrović.

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