Head coach Svetislav Pesic hospitalized, gathering of national basketball team canceled

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Despite the great desire of head coach Svetislav Pesic, the players who have been invited, their clubs and coaches, the gathering of Serbia's national basketball team was canceled this morning due to a health problem faced by Pesic.

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Professor Dr. Dragan Radovanovic says about the health condition of Svetislav Pesic:

"The health condition of head coach Pesic is stable, but he has an acute sore throat that requires him to undergo hospital treatment as soon as possible. That is why he will be admitted to the Clinical Center of Serbia today."

The director of the Serbian national team, Dragan Tarlac, expressed his gratitude to all the clubs and players who responded to the invitation to have control trainings.

"On behalf of the national team and the entire Basketball Association of Serbia, I would like to thank all the players who, despite a tight competition schedule, responded to the invitation to control trainings. Also, I would like to express my great gratitude to the managements and coaches of the clubs from which the national team members come for the extraordinary cooperation and their readiness to adjust their professional obligations for the sake of the needs of the national team," Tarlac stressed.

(Telegraf.rs)