The foreigner will miss the rest of the season due to a partial rupture of the Achilles tendon. From the club they are looking for a natural pivot.
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20 days ago Penarol de Mar del Plata chose and formalized the arrival of foreign center Johndre Jefferson, but only he was able to play four games in the National League basketball since in the match against Ferro he suffered the partial rupture of the Achilles tendon of the left footan injury that will leave him out for the rest of the season and for which will be operated in the next few hours. Given this, the club is already looking for a replacement.
By the beginning of 2023 and in the continuity of the regular stage of the highest category of Argentine basketball, coach Adrián Capelli could only count on the American Jefferson in four of the five games that the team played, since in his last game he played just 3 minutes after he suffered the injury.
After carrying out the corresponding studies, the doctors detected that the 34-year-old foreigner suffered a partial rupture of the Achilles tendon in his left foot, for which he will undergo surgery this week and will be out for the rest of the season. It is thus that the one who arrived as a replacement for the nationalized Ivorian Amadou Sidibé will hardly put on the shirt of the Milrayitas.
Against this background, and as he was able to learn how digitalPeñarol has already ventured into the transfer market with the idea of getting a pivot, beyond the fact that for a moment it was thought of covering another position after the man from Mar del Plata Pablo Alderete was vital in the last tour of Buenos Aires and will provide many options in the internal game.
Nonetheless, The idea is to look for a natural pivot, although from the Santiago del Estero and Garay club they reported that it is not easy to find that piece since the market at this time of the season He doesn’t give you too many options at that position.
After a perfect tour of the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires, Peñarol de Mar del Plata thinks about its next outing on the road, which will be even more exhausting than the last one since it will have two games in Santiago del Estero -the Tuesday, January 31 against Quimsa and thursday 2 february vs Olympic in La Banda- and then he will travel to La Rioja to visit Riachuelo, on Saturday 4 February. Currently the Milrayitas is in eighth position with a record of twelve wins and eight losses.
