Spanish World and European Basketball Champion Sergio Rodriguez was interested in the state of health of the beaten player CSKA Alexei Shved , declared on the air of the program “Tous pour le match!” on the channel, the press secretary of the Moscow club Nikolai Tsynkevich.
On May 1, CSKA lost to Lokomotiv Kuban (100:103) in Game 7 of the United League semi-final playoff series and dropped out of the tournament. In the evening of the same day, unknown persons attacked Shved near one of the restaurants in Moscow, the player suffered head injuries with fractures of the bones of the skull and a contusion of the brain.
– Everyone in our club and our team is shocked. Nikola Milutinov (CSKA center) called me and asked me what happened. Sergio Rodriguez wrote, everyone is in shock. Players are worried, we wish Lesha to recover as soon as possible, Tsynkevich said on .
CSKA previously reported that the basketball player was out of action for an indefinite period. He will not be able to take part in the team’s next matches in the series for third place in the VTB League.
The Moscow police have already opened a criminal investigation, the attackers face up to 12 years in prison.
Rodriguez played for CSKA from 2017 to 2019. The Spaniard with the club became the Euroleague champion and twice winner of the VTB United League.
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Source : MatchTV
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