Dinos Mitoglou did not believe in his misfortune. The international power forward of Panathinaikos explain how it came about his injurytwo days before the start of the World Cup in Manila.
He informed that there was communication between the “blue and white” doctor and the team, deciding not to risk his injury.
He, of course, at first he did not realize the seriousness of the situationbut then he felt severe pain and thus underwent tests, which showed that he had suffered a comminuted fracture in his left arm.
Mitoglou underlined how he is more upset about the team and the coachDimitris Itoudis, saying that the remaining eleven must now to give 110% of themselvesstarting tomorrow with Jordan.
Details of what Dinos Mitoglou said to the press representatives in Manila
“I feel very sad, because everyone knows my love for the National team. Especially when this happens two days before the official matches. A month in preparation, not only me all the children, we have given everything. But that’s how sports are. It happened two days ago in training, someone made a hard pass, found the little finger on the left hand. I didn’t realize at the time that it was something serious.
I had an x-ray, which showed a comminuted fracture. At that moment I was not in pain, then I was. Then we tried it, since the x-ray was in the afternoon, it was difficult to use the left hand and in consultation with the team, we made the decision not to take any risks. At first I had some annoyances, but since I was in the game, I didn’t know what might happen.
When this happened, I didn’t think or do anything on my own. I spoke with the doctor of National team and Panathinaikos, we all agreed together and this is the result. I didn’t want something like this to happen, but unfortunately it’s out of my hands…
I’ve been through worse. I wasn’t touched by that. Health is the priority of every athlete. For the health of each athlete, whatever the doctors decide is what he should do. Like I said, I can’t believe it happened two days before the World Premiere. I don’t care about myself, I was more upset about the team and the coach. Yes, the period of my absence is for the duration of the event. Whoever plays from tomorrow will have to give 110% in every match for the benefit of the team».
Source: Sport Fm
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