Today the first semifinal games will be held at Euroleague Final Four at 20:00 Tbilisi time. CSKA of Manuchar Markoishvili will face “Olympiacos” of Greece. Manuchar talked to the Russian media and noted it is special for him to play in Four Final.

“I cannot say we are preparing for Four Final specially. We are just carrying out instructions of the coach. First of all, we must forget that we failed to “Olympiacos” in final two years ago. Now CSKA is a different team with a different coach. There are notable players in “Olympiacos” – Vassilis Spanoulis and Georgios Printezis. They are good at defense. We must not give a chance to the Greeks to defend themselves the way they want. Victory is important for CSKA. Four Final is a great event for me. When I first participated in the game of these two great teams, I was very young then and it seemed very easy for me. But 10 years have passed and now I understand what it means to play in Four Final. Hopefully, we will do everything for victory”.

Manuchar Markoishvili plays for CSKA since 2014. In 2003 Manu played in final of Euroleague with “Benetton” of Italy but lost to “Barcelona” 76:65.