{"id":165543,"date":"2025-02-18T15:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=165543"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:32:55","slug":"more-than-half-the-team-absent-headaches-for-pesic-before-the-match-with-finland-heres-who-took-over-the-captains-armband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/more-than-half-the-team-absent-headaches-for-pesic-before-the-match-with-finland-heres-who-took-over-the-captains-armband\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE THAN HALF THE TEAM ABSENT: Headaches for Pe\u0161i\u0107 before the match with Finland, here&#8217;s who took over the captain&#8217;s armband!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Svetislav Pe\u0161i\u0107, the coach of the Serbian national basketball team, has not yet decided which players will travel to Finland for the European Championship qualifying match.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, it is known who will not be able to perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pe\u0161i\u0107 has a lot of headaches, so Nikola Milutinov is injured and Serbia will not be able to count on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ognjen Dobri\u0107 and Marko Guduri\u0107 are currently undergoing therapies and they will not travel to Finland, but the coach hopes that they could perform against Georgia in Belgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aleksej Poku\u0161evski injured his shoulder and the selection will not be able to count on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0oK6kYCemMNrm3SudzSP7XpPsSbinS5km9sbV9H3URBWqqRJfcZsNzAgvf1Emi9Jml&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"538\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Filip Petru\u0161ev got some more free time because he had private obligations. He will join the team on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stefan Jovi\u0107 is the temporary captain of Serbia in this national team window, and even he spoke about it with a smile. He only borrowed the armband from his best man, Bogdan Bogdanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I borrowed Bogdan&#8217;s captain&#8217;s armband and I will gladly return it to him,&#8221; Jovi\u0107 said with a smile during the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Serbian national team plays against Finland on Friday in the &#8220;Espo Metro Arena&#8221; (5.30 PM), and three days later they will host Georgia in the &#8220;Aleksandar Nikoli\u0107&#8221; hall from 8.00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Championship is held from August 27 to September 14 in Latvia, Finland, Poland and Cyprus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/chicago-serbs-show-big-hearts-fundraiser-for-the-first-serbian-orthodox-church-in-the-caribbean-a-big-success-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CHICAGO SERBS SHOW BIG HEARTS: Fundraiser for the first Serbian Orthodox church in the Caribbean a big success! 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For now, it is known who will not be able to perform. 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