A seemingly harmless situation had serious consequences.
Serbia’s Borisa Simanic was seriously injured. PDO
Serbian player Borisa Simanic lost a kidney in the World Cup of basketball.
News agency AP’s according to Simanic, he was operated on twice in the capital of the Philippines, Manila, after the player was injured in a rather harmless-looking situation in a match against South Sudan. The teams met in a match played on August 30.
According to AP, Simanic suffered from complications after the first operation, which is why he underwent a second operation. The kidney was removed in another operation.
Simanic was injured with less than two minutes remaining in the match against South Sudan. South Sudan Nuni Omot would elbow Simanic under the basket, who crouched on the surface of the field in pain. You can watch the situation on video from this link.
– We didn’t sleep after the game. We tried to find him blood because he was losing a lot of it, Serbia Nikola Milutinov said.
– It was a difficult moment for everyone. I hope this doesn’t happen to anyone.
Serbia will face Lithuania in the quarterfinals of the World Cup on Tuesday.