The national coach and Rudy talk about the absence of Ricky Rubio and insist that they are still by his side
As if it were a sign, it appeared Jose Maria Calderon in the concentration of the selection in Malaga where they had arrived as the second stage in the preparation for the World Cup in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. The base whose injury led to the first ownership of Ricky Rubio in the national team. The man who took over before USA and allowed the Masnou player to present himself to the world. He shared smiles with his ex-teammates and shared confidences with the coach, but Ricky, his relief, was not there. AND Sergio ScarioloOf course, he was very sorry.
“What has happened is a very personal matter for Ricky, privately and personally we have to be as close as we can to him,” he said. scario of a player who is something more to him. “He’s not just a player for me, he’s like a nephew, he’s a very close person and that’s what he counts,” insisted the Italian and asked for privacy for the player’s process.
The coach had already forgotten about his bad mood on Wednesday, especially after Ricky confirmed to him out loud a day later what was happening to him and of course his support and that of the entire Spanish Basketball Federation it was unconditional. “In #LaFamilia, people have always come before results. All my love and support to Rickyand my admiration for his transparency and through it his ability, once again, to lead by example,” he wrote on his social networks.
Ricky’s last 72 hours with the national team had been hard on everyone. that farewell to “take care of your mental health” It was nothing but the end of a sensation that was settling in the federation since the point guard left for Barcelona on Monday, July 31. And for which Scariolo himself was forced to call Juan Nunezbefore Ricky confirmed what was happening to him.
Something that nobody in the selection noticed. Not even Rudy Fernándezthe other R from that marvelous era of La Penya with which Aito Garcia Reneses he fell in love with Spain and a friend of Ricky who he has said is “very brave”. “Personally, I feel annoyed for not having realized it in that situation because we have been with him and we have not been able to see him, to be with him when he needed it,” explained the captain of the team and friend of the point guard from El Masnou.
This Monday, Spain had arrived at the Higuerón Training Center in Fuengirola to prepare two high-profile matches. First, on the 11th against Slovenia in Luka Doncic and then, on the 13th, the big test before the Japan, Indonesia and Philippines World Cupagainst the United States, one of the favorite teams for the championship along with Spain, current champion.
Selection, by the way, before which Ricky Rubio, MVP of the World Cup in China in 2019, lit his magic for the first time. “We have to give him time to find himself with energy and strength to play basketball again,” Scariolo said, “with a smile,” Rudy completed.
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2023-08-07 20:40:44
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