By Antonis Stroggylakis/ info@eurohoops.net
Reyer Venezia coach Walter De Raffaele said that during the EuroCup Round 6 game against Unics in Kazan, Russia (4/11), some of his players were urging him to somehow intervene in order for fans in the arena to put protective masks on.
“I had players during the game in Kazan who came to ask me if I could make an intervention to get the fans to put on masks,” Raffaele said to Udinese TV’s “Basket a Nord-Est” show, per Basket Italy.
A source told Eurohoops that some Venezia players thought it was “strange” to see some of the fans in Kazan not wearing masks during the game.
The match between Unics and Venezia had a registered attendance of 1945 people, according to EuroCup Basketball. This is approximately 26 percent of the 7482 capacity that the Basket-Hall Kazan arena has available for basketball events.