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Utena’s Juventus (5-4), who claimed their fifth win in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe – LKL) on Tuesday, also received bad news. Midfielder Julius Jucikas retired from the lineup for a long time.
Points are earned this season
A 31-year-old 204cm tall midfielder will not be able to match for at least three months due to a neurological injury.
“It just came to our notice then. Upon the arrival of Vaidas Kariniauskas, we hoped it would finally all fall into place and then we heard the news from Julius. We hoped that maybe things weren’t too bad, but all further investigation showed the same.
Three months is only the minimum term. Actually, the time interval can be much longer. It’s very frustrating, but you won’t do anything. We want Julius to return to the parquet as soon as possible, ”said Jimentus team manager Eimantas Skersis.
The tall man, who started this season successfully, was one of the leaders of Juventus. In the national championship, Jucikas scored 11.4 points (63.5 percent of the points) in 19 minutes of the field, bounced 4.8 balls, made a pass after the results and accumulated 13.1 utility points.
According to the team leader, the club does not plan to add to the chain of skyscrapers in the near future: “Our budget is not elastic. There are no additional funds, so for now we will be translating with the composition we have. Žygimantas Skučas will have to play more in the center forward position, Gintautas Matulis will have to move to the heavy edge striker place from time to time. Of course, this situation is not very good, I would like more rotation, but it is as it is ”.
Ignas Vaitkus, who missed Tuesday’s game with knee pain, is better off. The basketball player is scheduled to return to the field early next week when Juventus take on club Šiauliai Šiauliai.
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