The coach of Serbia, Svetislav Pešić, said that the basketball player of that national team, Boriša Simanić, is doing well after the surgery after the injury sustained in the game against South Sudan.
In yesterday's game, Simanić received a strong elbow blow in the kidney area under the basket. The referee's assessment is that the kick was not intentional, but Simanić was unable to finish the game due to pain, and later underwent emergency surgery.
"That is the most important thing for him, his family, and for us, not only that Boriša is our player, but also a favorite of all our players and coaches. And from here I want to send him kisses and hugs. The operation was successful, with a big the help of the doctor organized by our professor Radovanović. It is good that the professor was with him. This was a shock for all of us who really did not expect that such a blow could be not painful, but tragic. But it is good that everything it ended," he stated.
The playmaker of the Serbian national team, Aleksa Avramović, said that Simanić's well-being is more important than basketball.
"Neither guilty nor responsible, in an inconvenient place, at an inconvenient time, he received a blow that separated him from further participation in the championship. I want to wish him a speedy recovery on behalf of all the players. Of course, if we are with him and he is with us, even though he is recovering. He is a big part of the team, a big part of the puzzle, additional motivation for everything that comes our way," said Avramović.
Serbia tomorrow at the start of the second phase of the game against Italy (10).
"We know that they owe us, we know that we will come out with greater motivation both for Borisa and for ourselves, because we know what it brings. We are preparing within our four walls and we will not reveal the technical-tactical preparation, but we are certainly preparing thoroughly, as we always do. We will try to win," Avramović added.
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