Juancho Hernangomez suffers adductor injury | Relief
After the break, the alarm went off. Juancho Hernangomez was the last to leave the locker room and did not warm up. in the pre-second-half round with the rest of his teammates. Then the noise in the Fonteta stands soon became ubiquitous. And when the third quarter began and the Madrid forward did not play a single minute, everything was finally confirmed. Something was happening with the Madrid forward that caused all the alarm in the national team. And Spain have suffered badly at No. 3, with Alex Abrines already out with a small fibrillary hamstring tear that has kept him out of the pre-Olympic Games.
In the first part, Juancho Hernangomez was on the track for eight minutes. in which he debuted under his new number – he wore the number “10” in honor of Victor Claver, who announced his retirement this Monday – he scored two points, made two rebounds and made an assist in a game that Spain had won from the start. And Lebanon was a broken toy in the match against the Spaniards, as can be seen from the final score of 59-104.
“Juancho felt pain in the adductor muscle. Tests will be done. Until they are done, I can’t say anything more.”– admitted the Spanish coach Sergio Scariolo after the game. A setback that practically confirms that on Tuesday the Spanish national team will only have Xabi Lopez-Arostegui as a striker, in the more than predictable absence of Juancho Hernangomez.
Although Spain is not expected to face a tough match against Angola this Wednesday, the reality is that All eyes are on Saturday, where the semi-finals will begin. And here the team really needs Juancho Hernangomez, given the critical situation in the striker position.
Yes, sure, And only when we know the results of the tests and see the evolution of the Madrid native, will it be possible to confirm or not his presence in the final stage of the pre-Olympic Games. in which Spain cannot fail if it wants to participate in the Olympic Games in Paris.