Nikola Mirotic will not play in the match next Friday, December 15 at the Palau Blaugrana between Barça and the Armani Milano, his current team after the controversial departure of the Barça team this past summer. Losing the two games the Milanese played this week in the Euroleague, both losses, due to a Achilles tendon injury leave, which he already had to deal with at the beginning of last season when he was still a member of Barça, the Montenegrin is still a few weeks away from the courts.
His technician confirmed this yesterday, Ettore Messinaat the end of the rivalry in Belgrade against Partizan (82-69), it also ensures that the Montenegrin can be out for a long time: “Certainly his absence will be a few weeks, but perhaps it will be longer.. He’s being checked, there are scans, MRIs and things like that, and the doctors are checking everything. Then, they decide what is the best process to follow. Rehabilitation or something else.” The former Barça captain will never be reunited playing on Palau’s hardwood with his fan base of the last four seasons.
4 wins and only 9 losses
Quite a disappointment for Mirotic and the Blaugrana fans, who have surely marked this rivalry in their calendar which will mark the reunion of the two. Until now, the Montenegrin is one of the most popular players in the Euroleague, with an average of 17.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1 steal per game. In contrast to the overall performance of Armani Milano, who after two defeats this week, is second to last with only 4 wins. In fact, Messina He did not hesitate to highlight the absence of his top player as one of the reasons for the last defeat: “We made terrible decisions, we definitely miss Mirotic.”
Source: La Verdad
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