Sergio Llull misses the Eurobasket due to injury

BARCELONA, 25 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Real Madrid point guard Sergio Llull had to leave the Spanish team camp this Thursday and will miss the Eurobasket due to a muscle injury caused during the previous day's victory against Iceland.

"The Menorcan player's injury is not serious, but it will prevent him from being part of the team that will fly to Tbilisi (Georgia) on August 30," the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) reported on Thursday.

Llull played 2:44 minutes this Wednesday in the win against Iceland (87-57), which kicked off the second qualifying phase for the 2023 World Cup. During the time on the pitch, the player suffered some discomfort that has finally taken him away from European that will start next Thursday, September 1.

In this way, the national team loses one of the four current members of the team that became world champion in 2019 who remained on the list along with Juancho and Willy Hernangómez and Rudy Fernández, in addition to Quino Colom, discarded last Tuesday. A loss due to injury for the continental event, which joins that of the Galician forward Alberto Abalde, who could not recover from the physical problems that he had been dragging on since the end of the season and was 'cut off' a few days ago.

In this way, the coach Sergio Scariolo loses one of his players of weight and experience and will now have only one discard to make to choose the final 12 to compete in the Eurobasket that begins on September 1.

"The Federation wants to thank Sergio Llull for his commitment and professionalism, and wishes him a speedy recovery and a good start to the season with his club," the federation body's statement concluded.