If it can be said about a football player that he is unlucky with injuries, and that these injuries are not the result of unpreparedness or lack of care for his own body, then it is midfielder Dečić of Admiralbeta Petar Sekulović.
After arriving this summer from the camp of the great rival Budućnosti, and then being an important factor in the European success of the team from Tuzi, the 26-year-old midfielder cannot connect in the new season of the domestic championship...
The injury problems started in the first round...
"The first game after Helsinki, in Kotor against Bokelje - I hurt my back. As soon as I recovered, after five days - I hurt my front," says Sekulović, who played only four games this fall due to injuries.
Muscle injuries, however, are "football" injuries, and they are nothing compared to what happened to this midfielder with a devastating blow about 15 days ago, during the first training session with the new coach, Edis Mulalić.
In a training collision with 17-year-old goalkeeper Andrej Camaje, his cheekbone was broken, as well as his nose.
"A classic knockout, I had to have an operation, I spent two days in the hospital, took a break for 13-14 days. I started training lightly - cycling, running, but separated from the team, because I'm still breathing hard. In any case, the half-season is for finished for me," says Sekulović.
Injuries, and "strange" ones at that, have been following him for a long time...
"And when I was in Budućnost, I remember how my leg 'failed', I had to take a break, before that in Mornar as well. I felt like asking myself what is happening, it is constantly following me, I hope it will end on to this".
Sekulović is aware that he needs continuity.
"Not to me but to every player - that's what counts in football. Basically, whenever I played - I played well, as was the case this summer on the European stage, I hope that in the spring I will finally catch the rhythm and help the team in the fight for high goals," Sekulović points out.
Dečić is far from the top - he has ten points and a game less than the leading Buducnost, but he has something to fight for...
"We should not look at the difference, nor the results of competitors, but only at ourselves - a lot is still in play, it is only the autumn half-season", concludes Petar Sekulović.
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