On October 4, the United League games will be in Saratov and Minsk.
Avtodor (Saratov, Russia) – Astana (Astana, Kazakhstan)
Time: 19:00 (18:00 Moscow time)
Location: Russia, Saratov, DS Crystal
Broadcast: TV Start, League website
Avtodor: The season has not started yet and the Saratov team have already been released the head coach Nebojsa Vidic. Now Milos Pavicevic, who won the Super League-1 in 2018 will lead the team. Avtodor has a completely new team: 5 legionnaires came, Evgeny Kolesnikov returned. It will be interesting to see how Mikhailovskiy-Minchenko duo will look as they had a good ending of the season.
Astana: However, the Kazakh team has a lot of changes, from coaches changes to new players in the team. Astana decided to cut the number of foreign players, giving more opportunities to local players. And yet, in the opening season game in Saratov, a big responsibility will be on newcomers – Valeriy Likhodei, Deondre Parks and Daniil Aksenov.
MINSK (Minsk, Belarus) – PARMA-PARI (Perm, Russia)
Time: 20:00 (20:00 Moscow Time)
Location: Belarus, Minsk, Falcon Club
Broadcast: TV Start, Match! Igra, League website
MINSK: Rostislav Vergun led the Belarusian team 3 years ago and with each season the role of local players has grown more and more. There is only one legionnaire in MINSK this season – the athletic center Zach Smith. The youth of the team is revealing their potential, and the 2022/23 season will be the answer to the question whether Bliznyuk, Stabrovskii and Borisevich with the more experienced teammates help will be able to amaze MINSK fans with wins regularly.
PARMA-PARI: A new chapter of the team’s history begins in Perm. Evgeny Pashutin, who headed the team in the summer, has seriously refreshed the roster and is now instilling his game to the players. PARMA-PARI has serious goals for the season – to get into the playoffs, repeat last year’s 5th place – and the Perm Region team are determined to fulfill these tasks from the very first game in Minsk. It will be interesting for the fans to follow this updated team and understand who will become PARMA-PARI new star.
