Trojans-Speranta interrupted the hegemony of Donbasket UTM in the national basketball championship. The team trained by Oleg Pravdiuc became champion even if it only made its debut in the National Division, IPN reports.

The champion became known in the last stage, where Donbasket played host to Trojans-Speranta. The champion of the last four years was beaten by 51-63 even if it was 11 points ahead at a certain moment.

Anton Rulevschi of Trojans-Speranta became the best basketball player of the season. “I don’t know if we caused a surprise. We believed in victory even if we were led in the second half of the match. We remained focused and made effort to show a good play,” stated Anton Rulevschi.

“It is a very good lesson for us and for everyone. I cannot say that the match was a surprise. After we lost the previous match to them, we learned the lesson, but it turned out that we were not fully prepared at the end of season,” said the player of Donbasket-UTM Eugen Melnic.